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[Advertisement] December 15, 2022 [View Online]( | [Sign Up]( | [Shop]( [Morning Brew]( TOGETHER WITH [Apollo Global Wealth Management]( Good morning. Did you know that, despite all of humanityâs recent technological advancements, weâre still considered to be living in the same geological epoch (the Holocene) as our hunterâgatherer grandparents did nearly 12,000 years ago? That could [soon change](. By the end of the year, scientists are expected to decide whether thereâs clear evidence that the Earth has entered a new epoch called the Anthropocene, which would reflect humansâ profound impact on Earthâs geology through industrial and radioactive materials. Catch us saying âsee you next epochâ as we leave the office before the holidays. âJamie Wilde, Matty Merritt, Max Knoblauch, Abby Rubenstein MARKETS Nasdaq 11,170.89 -0.76% S&P 3,995.32 -0.61% Dow 33,966.35 -0.42% 10-Year 3.479% -2.8 bps Bitcoin $17,824.01 +0.36% Charter Communications $328.34 -16.38% *Stock data as of market close, cryptocurrency data as of 4:00am ET. [Here's what these numbers mean.]( Markets: Stocks closed [lower]( yesterday as investors digested Jerome Powellâs message that the fight to curb inflation wonât be over soon. The Fed did what everyone expected and hiked rates by 50 basis pointsâa smaller increase than the previous four (though yesterdayâs still pushed rates to the highest level in 15 years). So, why wasnât that enough to put investors in a good mood? Because the picture looks murkier for 2023: The Fed projected it would hit an even higher target range than expected before backing down, and that it wonât start lowering rates again until 2024. Stock spotlight: The share price of Charter Communications plunged when investors got wind of how expensive its broadband expansion plan will be. Â STOCKS The SEC finally responds to meme stock mania
[A meme of a cartoon in front of stonks going up]( Special Meme Fresh Yesterday the SEC proposed the biggest update to the stock trading rulebook since 2005. The four proposed rules may become the magnum opus of Gary Gensler, who took over as SEC chair after the meme stock mayhem of 2021 and was like âwtf is going on here?â The rules aim to get retail traders [better prices]( by targeting a method of executing trades called payment for order flow (PFOF). PFOF works like this: - Brokers like Robinhood send trades to wholesalers like Citadel, which profit off the difference between the individual traderâs proposed price and the price they actually make the trade for.
- Wholesalers pay brokers a small fee for the privilege of making the trade, and *juicy detail alert* those âsmall feesâ make up a huge chunk of the brokersâ revenue. Gensler has long argued that PFOF limits competition and encourages brokers to gamify risky trading behaviorâlike yeeting your life savings on GameStop stock. The practice is banned in the UK and Canada. The rules wonât throw out PFOF entirely⦠But the SEC has definitely put it in the âno longer sparks joyâ pile. Under the most significant rule proposed yesterday, the âorder competitionâ rule, wholesalers would have to send most retail investorsâ trades to an auction where dealers compete to fulfill them for the best price. The wholesaler only gets to fulfill any leftover trades that no one has bid on. Some on Wall Street argue this will be the [most common scenario]( so the rule wonât have its intended effect, but Gensler thinks auctions could save individual traders up to $1.5 billion per year. Zoom out: We wonât get into the nitty-gritty of the other three of yesterdayâs proposals, but just know that together they aim to protect small-time retail traders while curtailing the power of Wall Street bigwigs. And P.S., they could take years to go into effect because, well, government.âJW    mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20this%20story%20from%20Morning%20Brew%21&body=The%20SEC%20finally%20responds%20to%20meme%20stock%20mania%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fmorningbrew.com%2Fdaily%2Fstories%2F2022%2F12%2F14%2Fsec-proposes-a-big-stock-trading-update%3Futm_campaign%3Dmb%26utm_medium%3Dnewsletter%26utm_source%3Dmorning_brew%0A%0AWant%20more%20great%20content%3F%20Subscribe%20to%20Daily%20Brew%20%E2%80%94%20Delivering%20the%20latest%20business%20news%20from%20Wall%20St.%20to%20Silicon%20Valley%20daily.%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.morningbrew.com%2Fdaily%2Fr%2F%3Fkid%3D4904f90a%26utm_source%3Demail_share%0A TOGETHER WITH APOLLO GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT [Financing for the future](
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[An image depicting stocks going up and down in a pump and dump scheme]Dianna âMickâ McDougall Social media influencers charged in pump-and-dump scheme. Federal prosecutors and the SEC have accused seven popular Twitter and Discord users of wielding social media to [manipulate]( stock pricesâpumping the shares and then selling off mass quantities for profit once they rose. An additional defendant, whose Twitter handle was @DipDeity, was charged with aiding and abetting the alleged fraud for hosting a podcast that featured and promoted the seven influencers as skilled traders to follow. Each influencer charged had well over 100,000 followers and, according to the SEC, the group earned about $100 million total in the scheme. Soccer journalistâs death was caused by an aneurysm. The family of celebrated sports journalist Grant Wahl, who died suddenly last week while in Qatar covering the World Cup, said yesterday an autopsy showed that an [aneurysm]( in his heart was responsible for his death. Prior to the autopsy report, there had been speculation that Covid vaccines had played a partâa claim Wahlâs wife, infectious disease expert Dr. Celine Gounder, firmly rejected. Wahlâs brother had also initially publicly aired his concerns that foul play was involved because Wahl stood up for gay rights in Qatar, but now says he no longer believes that to be the case. Apple may allow outside app stores. In a major reversal, [Apple]( is preparing to permit downloads of apps on its devices without going through the companyâs app store, according to Bloombergâbut only in Europe, where it will soon have to comply with strict EU regulations. The change could also be applied elsewhere if other jurisdictions follow the EUâs lead. The news spurred a rise in the share price of companies that rely on apps, like dating services, because the change would allow them to bypass Appleâs fees. Apple has not confirmed the change. SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter grounds real-time jet tracking accounts
[Elon Musk jet]( Francis Scialabba If you want to follow the movements of Elon Muskâs private jet in real time, youâre gonna have to do it the old-fashioned way (binoculars) or by tapping into publicly available data yourself. What you canât do is follow along on Twitter, because the social media platform [suspended]( the account that tracked Muskâs plane and changed its rules to forbid sharing live location information. @ElonJet, which had ~500,000 followers at the time of its suspension, was created by college student Jack Sweeney. In early November, Musk explicitly said that he would not ban the account as evidence of his commitment to free speech. But yesterday, the account was banned, and hours later, after Sweeney spoke to the press, so were his other jet tracking accounts and his personal account. The changes quickly got attention because Musk claims to be focused on transparency at Twitter. He has granted personally selected journalists access to internal company files that he says expose the former leadershipâs intention to muzzle conservative viewpoints (some experts dispute thatâs what the documents actually show). What now? Sweeney continues to track jets on other platforms (and the information transmitted by airplane transponders remains searchable), but Twitterâs updated rules prohibit even linking to such info. Meanwhile, Musk tweeted that âlegal actionâ was being taken against Sweeney.âMK, AR Â Â Â mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20this%20story%20from%20Morning%20Brew%21&body=Twitter%20grounds%20real-time%20jet%20tracking%20accounts%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fmorningbrew.com%2Fdaily%2Fstories%2FElon-jet-suspended-twitter%3Futm_campaign%3Dmb%26utm_medium%3Dnewsletter%26utm_source%3Dmorning_brew%0A%0AWant%20more%20great%20content%3F%20Subscribe%20to%20Daily%20Brew%20%E2%80%94%20Delivering%20the%20latest%20business%20news%20from%20Wall%20St.%20to%20Silicon%20Valley%20daily.%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.morningbrew.com%2Fdaily%2Fr%2F%3Fkid%3D4904f90a%26utm_source%3Demail_share%0A STREAMING Verizon wants to be your streaming middleman
[+play promo of Netflix screen next to football player with + sign in between.]( Verizon Verizon wants you to kick back, binge Riverdale, and let it handle the hard stuff. The company [introduced]( a beta version of its streaming hubâcalled â+playââyesterday for customers to manage their streaming service subscriptions all in one place. Verizon is hoping to challenge current hubs like Amazonâs Prime Video Channels and Roku in the latest evolution of the streaming wars. How it works: Verizon customers can subscribe to services like NFL+, HBO Max, Peloton, Duolingo, and others through the +play site and have them rolled into their existing phone or internet bill. To get customers interested, anyone who subscribes to a service through the hub right now will get a free year of Netflixâs $19.99/month Premium tier. Big picture: Most people are juggling multiple streaming subscriptionsâ60% said they had at least four in a recent JD Power survey. Still, itâs hard out there for streamers. Last year they spent exorbitant amounts of money on content to lure subscribers in, but with growth slowing this year to the putter of your high school 2001 Chevy Malibu, streamers have to [start bundling]( to stay competitive.âMM Â Â Â mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20this%20story%20from%20Morning%20Brew%21&body=Verizon%20wants%20to%20be%20your%20streaming%20middleman%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fmorningbrew.com%2Fdaily%2Fstories%2Fverizon-enters-streaming-war-newest-middleman%3Futm_campaign%3Dmb%26utm_medium%3Dnewsletter%26utm_source%3Dmorning_brew%0A%0AWant%20more%20great%20content%3F%20Subscribe%20to%20Daily%20Brew%20%E2%80%94%20Delivering%20the%20latest%20business%20news%20from%20Wall%20St.%20to%20Silicon%20Valley%20daily.%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.morningbrew.com%2Fdaily%2Fr%2F%3Fkid%3D4904f90a%26utm_source%3Demail_share%0A TOGETHER WITH PURPLE
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[A cocktail atop a briefcase]Hannah Minn Stat: If youâve been waiting patiently for your opportunity to spill a drink on your work crush while the head of HR gives you the side-eye, you may be in luck this year. More than 57% of US companies are planning to hold in-person [holiday parties](, up from 26% last year and just 5% in 2020, according to placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Your company may not be among those throwing a 2019-style [rager](, but itâs unlikely youâll have to participate in the dreaded Zoom happy hour this holiday season: Only ~2% of companies told the firm theyâre planning a virtual gathering, down from 7% last year. Quote: âWe should have societal guilt for taking too long to deal with this problem. We have a moral obligation to pass and enforce laws that can prevent these things from happening again.â Yesterday marked the tenth anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, which left 20 first graders and six teachers dead. President Biden used the occasion to reiterate his commitment to [banning]( assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, which were used in the Sandy Hook shooting and in many other mass shootings, saying such weapons âââhave no purpose other than to kill people in large numbers.â However, whether such a ban can get through Congress remains to be seen, especially as control of the House will soon shift to the Republican party, where opposition to gun restrictions is much stronger. Read: The Indiana Jones era is over for museums with looted art. ([New York Times]() WHAT ELSE IS BREWING [The World Cup final is set](. France defeated Morocco 2â0 yesterday and will face Argentina in a battle of global soccer giants on Sunday. [The US]( plans to restart a program to mail free at-home Covid tests to households that request them, as officials expect another winter surge. [A severe storm]( is moving east across the US, bringing blizzards, heavy rain, and tornadoes. Itâs also wreaking havoc on travel, having caused ~4,500 flight delays and hundreds of cancellations already. [Stephen Boss](, better known as DJ tWitch on The Ellen Show, has died at age 40. BREW'S BETS Unsubscribe IRL: Hereâs how to get your address [off junk mail lists](. Bet you canât keep a straight face. Laughter is [contagious](. Get your finances sorted in 2023: [Money with Katie]( is a free newsletter full of budgeting hacks, spending tips, and more to help you live the rich life you deserve. Glow on the go: Our [holiday gift guide]( is packed with fun findsâincluding the award-winning Weekend Skin, your SPF 50 + vitamin C + glow in one. [Shop all our top gifts here](. Sponsored by Iris&Romeo.* *This is sponsored advertising content. GAMES [The puzzle section](#) Brew Mini: Todayâs puzzle centers around something weâre all stressed out about right nowâgifts. [Play it here](. Three headlines and a lie Three of these headlines are real and one is faker than everyoneâs Christmas tree. Can you spot the odd one out? - Scientists [overlooked the snake clitoris](, until now
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