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‘Degen’ Traders Take on Wall Street

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

Daily News, News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for June 11. Risky trades are roaring in popularity, driven by amateur investors piling into meme stocks and long-shot bets. The WSJ’s Hannah Miao says these self-proclaimed degenerate traders have Wall Street paying attention. Plus, derivatives regulator Christy Goldsmith Romero emerges as the White House’s top pick to head the FDIC. And, one prison in Brazil trades guard dogs for geese—with great success. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Biden administration zeros in on its pick

0:21.1

to lead the beleaguered FDIC, plus a federal jury begins deliberating in

0:26.5

Hunter Biden's gun trial, and we'll look at the self-proclaimed degenerate traders

0:32.4

fueling the latest meme stock mania.

0:35.0

Talk to anyone and they'll tell you about inflation and the cost of rent.

0:39.8

They have a lot of student debt.

0:41.6

This kind of pessimism does translate into people having a

0:45.3

pension for long shot trades and long shot bets. It's Tuesday, June 11th. I'm

0:51.4

Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition

0:55.1

of What's News? The top headlines and business stories moving your world today. We are exclusively reporting that the White House is close to naming

1:07.9

derivatives regulator Christie Goldsmith Romero to head the

1:11.6

federal deposit insurance corporation. Smith Romero to head the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

1:14.4

The agency's longtime Chairman Martin Grunberg bowed to pressure to resign in May after an external

1:21.0

investigation prompted by reporting from the Wall Street Journal found widespread

1:25.3

sexual harassment and other misconduct at the FDIC.

1:29.1

Grunberg said he would step down after a successor is confirmed by the Senate. Journal Banking reporter

1:36.0

Andrew Ackerman says that while the White House discussed two other women for the job,

1:40.7

Goldsmith Romero has emerged as the front runner.

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