meme stocks | Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com/tag/meme-stocks/ Canada's news source for financial professionals Wed, 08 Oct 2025 18:52:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png meme stocks | Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com/tag/meme-stocks/ 32 32 Investors that heed finfluencers, trade crypto easier to scam https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/investors-that-heed-finfluencers-trade-crypto-easier-to-scam/ Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:18:21 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=522109 FINRA study finds meme stock, crypto, social media investors more vulnerable

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]]> Trader sanctioned for retail wash trading https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/trader-sanctioned-for-retail-wash-trading/ Mon, 21 Jul 2025 20:11:01 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=515738 Scheme exploited trading fee models to collect rebates, SEC alleged

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]]> Meme stock fraudsters get jail time https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/meme-stock-fraudsters-get-jail-time/ Thu, 15 May 2025 13:22:35 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=509886 Pair behind the deli with the US$100-million market cap sentenced

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]]> SEC says ‘meme’ coins aren’t securities https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/sec-says-meme-coins-arent-securities/ Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:49:46 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=503453 Agency issues opinion indicating that crypto novelties don't fall under securities law

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]]> Pair behind US$100 million deli plead guilty https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/pair-behind-us100-million-deli-plead-guilty/ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:36:27 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=498983 Father, son duo plead guilty to securities fraud, conspiracy charges

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]]> Shift to T+1 poses short-term risk: Moody’s https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/shift-to-t1-poses-short-term-risk-moodys/ Mon, 13 May 2024 19:26:25 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=485831 Ultimately, reduced settlement cycle will pay off for overall financial system

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]]> FCA warns firms, finfluencers about misleading memes https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/fca-warns-firms-finfluencers-about-misleading-memes/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:46:58 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=482753 Reels, streams and more must comply with rules against misleading ads, regulator says

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]]> OSC priorities include lifting limitations on advice https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/osc-priorities-include-lifting-limitations-on-advice/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 20:44:05 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=475492 Regulators to explore the regulation, provision of advice online

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]]> Investors flock to loudest, least skilled voices on social media, finds research https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/investors-flock-to-loudest-least-skilled-voices-on-social-media-finds-research/ Tue, 09 May 2023 19:01:16 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=465271 A new paper on finfluencers examines the "wisdom of the anti-skilled crowd"

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]]> SPAC fraudsman gets three years in jail https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/spac-fraudsman-gets-three-years-in-jail/ Fri, 28 Apr 2023 19:45:48 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=464587 Former CFO embezzled US$5 million to trade meme stocks, crypto

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