- [Charting the COVID Effect on Fintech](https://a16z.com/2020/09/16/fintech-covid-effect/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTXpObU16WmxOV1UwTmpVdyIsInQiOiJxMGxkQWNVTEpTaWE0aGU5QkJQelhhZHJnQVFZaGFVckJsK1NhNGhkK0U4d1RaWXZvQTBoQlYzUnlaOGxQR1NCRXVnZXRYTWQ4UDJBOGs1amtlWFlSdzNQWlhxRjNrM0YxRTNLWklwbjNSVWJWdyt5b1wvYzA0UlZ2MzUyRHF3bXpPVk5iNGhpSnMrVVRxaEFmcWtWNnZnPT0ifQ%3D%3D) **including Trading**
- [Beware the power of retail investors](https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/09/12/beware-the-power-of-retail-investors)
[PDF - Armed with derivatives,](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/4812/Techtonic%2Bshifts%2B-%2BBeware%2Bthe%2Bpower%2Bof%2Bretail%2Binvestors%2B_%2BFinance%2B_%2Beconomics%2B_%2BThe%2BEconomist.pdf) they are raising the volatility of tech stocks
[The smallest traders are the biggest players](https://www.sentimentrader.com/blog/the-smallest-traders-are-the-biggest-players/?utm_source=Daily+Report+Lite&utm_campaign=27ffea0895-The_smallest_traders_are_the_biggest_players&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1c93760246-27ffea0895-1271300162) Jason Goepfert
[Options speculators pull back but are still jaw-droppingly aggressive](https://www.sentimentrader.com/blog/options-speculators-pull-back-but-are-still-jaw-droppingly-aggressive/?utm_source=Daily+Report+Lite&utm_campaign=67a1332a4e-Options_speculators_pull_back_but_are_still_jaw-dr&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1c93760246-67a1332a4e-1271300162)
- [US retail investors likely not the culprits](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/4813/JPM_Flows___Liquidity_US_2020-09-08_3488497.pdf)
[Corey about volatility](https://docsend.com/view/cx86pd8yyyea4isw)
[Everybody’s Doing It: Short Volatility Strategies and Shadow Financial Insurers](http://www.longtailalpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Everybodys-Doing-It-v2.pdf) 2017 Vineer Bhansali, Ph.D
- [The Robinhood Craze Is Now Moving Stocks Everywhere](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-06/robinhood-craze-born-in-america-is-now-moving-stocks-everywhere) Bloomberg News August 6, 2020
> Low savings rate and social distancing drive people to trade
> ‘Trading has become the talk of the town’: Interactive Brokers
[The result is an unprecedented surge into the stock market by amateur investors,mimicking a similar craze in the US, UK and China and potentially reshaping how the country’s markets work.](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/4670/Russia_E2_80_99s%2Brookie%2Binvestors%2Bfuel%2Bstock%2Bmarket%2Btrading%2Bboom%2B_%2BFinancial%2BTimes.pdf)
[Are Retail Investors Looking for Entertainment?](https://www.marketcrumbs.com/post/are-retail-investors-looking-for-entertainment)
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