Danielle was a guest on The Financial Survival Network with Kerry Lutz talking about recent developments in the world economy and markets. You can listen to an audio clip of the segment here.
Here is a link to the article mentioned, Brexit vote is only the beginning: evolution is essential.
The Securities Exchange Commission as a regulator, has been intentionally underfunded for years by both political parties. For the past 6 months, there has been a committee of just 3 people, including Chair Mary Jo White to consider and implement dozens and dozens of proposed reforms as well as those mandated by Dodd Frank. That said, there are legitimate concerns about industry capture of the SEC, conflicts of interest and revolving door career moves between its members and the companies they are meant to regulate.
The Senate banking committee hearing today touched on many key issues with the most important interactions starting with Senator Elizabeth Warren beginning at 1:41 on the play bar and ending with Chuck “Get to work Mr Bernanke” Schumer’s comments about the need for disclosure rules in campaign finance. Here is a direct video link, advance the play bar to 1:41.
On a progressive note, the news just broke that the SEC is finally going to approve the “Flash boys” IEX exchange that includes a speed bump to help protect legitimate investor flows from High Speed Trading front-runners. One small step in the path back to market integrity and capital protection. Much more needed.
BREAKING NEWS: SEC Staff Recommends Full Approval of IEX Exchange Application: https://t.co/2bnGkNMgEb by @davidamichaels
— Better Markets (@Bettermarkets) June 14, 2016
Silicon Valley’s Impossible Foods is on a mission to replace the All-American burger with a plant-based alternative to ground beef—that bleeds.Here is a direct video link.
Good for human health, essential for environmental health. So smart. Thinking people need to help lead this evolution to sustainable diets. To understand more see Eating less meat will reduce Earth’s heat:
“The bottom line is that cutting down on or eliminating meat and other animal products from our diets is necessary for protecting humanity from runaway climate change — and from many other environmental consequences, including water scarcity, degraded ecosystems and pollution of waterways and oceans. The FAO reports that global demand for livestock products could increase 70 per cent by 2050 if nothing is done to slow consumption.”
