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- Economist Paul Krugman just compared the cryptocurrency boom to the mid-2000s housing bubble. According to BIA, the Nobel laureate noted that, just like during the housing boom, it seems ridiculous to question an asset class that has become so valuable and attracted so many influential promoters. It sounds absurd to suggest crypto is “a house built not on sand, but on nothing at all.” Yet Krugman’s assessment is precisely that. “If you ask me, it looks as if we’ve gone from the Big Short to the Big Scam.”
- The SEC is considering sending retail stock orders to auctions under a new proposal. Trading firms could be forced to compete in auctions to execute retail stock orders under the planned proposals. It comes after the regulator focused on payment-for-order flow as a barrier to market efficiency.
- Cathie Wood’s Ark Investment Management is suffering a steeper drop in assets than almost any other US exchange-traded fund issuer this year. Ark’s lineup holds $15.3 billion across nine ETFs, a 48% decrease from the start of 2022, according to data compiled by Bloomberg Intelligence through June 1st. That’s the biggest collapse in assets among the 25 largest US issuers.
- The average price per gallon of gasoline in the U.S. reached a new high of $4.92. In Michigan the average sits higher at $5.17 per gallon, according to AAA’s tracker.
- The World Bank released a grim forecast for the global economy, concluding that “for many countries, recession will be hard to avoid.” Disruptions from the war in Ukraine, Covid lockdowns in China, and ongoing supply shortages could lead to 1970s-style “stagflation”—and hit low- and middle-income countries the hardest.
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