Robinhood Gets Almost Half Its Revenue in Controversial Bargain With High-Speed Traders bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Robinhood Markets Inc. has built a reputation on its origins in finance counterculture and a steal-from-the-rich ethos. But the firm, which offers no-fee stock trading, is making almost half its revenue from one of the most controversial practices on Wall Street
The startup, valued at $5.6 billion, was bringing in more than 40% of its revenue earlier this year from selling its customers’ orders to high-frequency trading firms or market makers like Citadel Securities and Two Sigma Securities . . .
Tesla is widely expected to report its sixth consecutive quarterly profit Wednesday -- and potentially its first $1-billion quarter autonews.com/automakers-sup…
That follows a remarkable year when Tesla’s stock split and skyrocketed, the company joined the S&P 500 Index and it sold almost half a million cars
Two years ago the world’s leading electric vehicle maker was going through a rough patch
Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, informed employees in a January 2019 open letter that the company had to reduce headcount by -7% and boost Model 3 production rates to survive
Later that month, the CEO told analysts Tesla needed to cut costs and its vehicle prices to avoid bankruptcy