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Cardude86

There should be an asterisk next to the 14 shutdowns since 1980. Shutdowns previously were not as extensive as they are today. Previously we would say "government shut down" even when it only affected a few agencies. Like the 1980 shutdown only impacted the FTC.

lateformyfuneral

It’s crazy. She had a bit about tackling corporate price gouging and the mechanism outlined was continued enforcement of anti-monopoly laws via the FTC. Suddenly everyone was screaming about Kamala’s Communist Price Controls. Now Trump proposes literal price controls and no one cares 🙃

Raket0st

Why would he? Crypto is not regulated by the FTC or any other regulatory body as most nations doesn't consider it as actual currencies or financial instruments. Even if the dude gets discovered with insider knowledge, he hasn't committed a financial transaction that falls under the purvey of insider trading.

ThrowAway1815515315

I think Evolv is the top right now but their stock is at \~$8. They did get slapped a bit by FTC for some misleading claims of their scanner. They are in stadiums, schools, hospitals. Xtract One (canadian company) is more in sports stadiums, conventions, events and schools. Another of their competitors is Liberty Defense (US company), they are in 3 small US airports, Palm Springs Airport, Rochester Airport, New Hampshire airport. One Canadian airport, juvenile correction center in Chile, some US court houses. Evolv price is too high for me unless it comes down to $5.00 Put in limit orders for XTRAF 1500 @ $0.45 and LDDFF 3000 @ $0.20

Forsaken-Parsnip-451

They can't even buy wbd even if they wanted to due to FTC

KikiWestcliffe

Corruption is the defining problem for America right now; for most parts of the rest of the world, this is just another Tuesday. Americans don’t realize how *nice* it is to live and work in a country with less corruption than anywhere else. Both of my parents emigrated to the U.S. from very corrupt countries in Asia and Eastern Europe. Corruption contaminates everything once it takes hold. You want to drive anywhere or travel internationally? Better make sure you keep cartons of cigarettes and bottles of top shelf liquor on-hand to bribe customs and police officers. You want to go out to eat at a restaurant? Hopefully, the restaurant owner has the right connections that has bribed all the right people to ensure an uninterrupted food supply. Need to go to a doctor? Well, given that licensing is partially dependent on paying off the right bureaucrats, let’s hope they actually know what they are doing! Oh, you are a really great contractor and have an idea that will make you the lowest bidder on a new public project? Too bad - the contract is going to the mayor’s father-in-law. And that new building will definitely be going over budget. It’s fine, though, because it is just the taxpayers who are on the hook! Want to save for retirement by investing in the stock market? Hope you are familiar with the fate of Enron and WorldCom, because there are going to be A LOT more of those scandals, without the threat of the SEC and FTC breathing down C-suite necks.

Zoomie_Catcher

Didn't he just fire the head of the FTC? Hmmmm...

Overall-Shame-2991

What kind of catalysts can make AMZN breakout 230+ ? Lately Amazon’s been stuck in that $220–230 range, feels like quiet consolidation but no real breakout yet. The way I see it, it’s lagging compared to other tech names because investors are still waiting for a strong catalyst. For it to finally break above $230, I think it probably needs one or more big triggers, maybe a major AWS or AI announcement, a strong earnings beat with raised guidance, or even some margin improvement from automation or cost cuts. Other things that could light it up might be faster Amazon Ads growth, new robotics or logistics tech, or even regulatory relief if the FTC stuff turns out positive. What do you guys think, is AMZN ready to finally break 230 soon, or will it keep consolidating a bit longer?

carosotanomad

Maybe reach out to the FTC, I hear they really don't like these things happening these days...

Maz00nga

$LWLG Next generation photonics, HPC and AI data centers need faster interconnections with minimal power consumption. Superstar leadership team with long history in photonics, and newcomers from INTC, AMAT, Coherent, Lumentum. $GWH Long duration energy storage (LDES) systems, substantial institutional ownership by Honeywell and SoftBank, renewables need LDES so that energy keeps flowing when the sun and wind are having a rest. LON:ENSI Complex mixed signal ASIC designer and supplier, ASTS are using their designs, will most likely have a trajectory similar to Filtronic (LON:FTC)

demitasse22

I went to the DOGE website a few months ago. It said DOGE actions saved me $995, over the course of my lifetime. So it cost me less than $1K in taxes over my entire life, to fund USAID, public works, climate initiatives, NASA, the FAA, the FTC, the FCC, the IRS, NOAA, HHS, SNAP, WIC, the Smithsonian , and any “woke” initiatives to improve the conditions of Americans and stabilize world order. I’d gladly pay that.

Toothlesskinch

Cute. Shutdown also applies to thr FTC and SEC. Can't imagine anyone is taking advantage of that.

DocInABox33

Confirmed you just want to argue, ignored everything I previously said and just spewing whataboutisms. Last time I’ll address any of these points but your mind is made up so don’t invest in it 🤷‍♂️ don’t know what you are going on about:   - your statement of trust being the reason for a store of value doesn’t make sense. The backbone of store of value isn’t a trust issue, it’s a function of scarcity; gold is a store of value because it is scarce due to limited, albeit potentially expanding, supply. Bitcoin will only ever have 21M coins➡️➡️ more scarce than gold - comparing it to equities because of the volatility is true now because 1) Bitcoin is still priced in fiat terms, not as an independent asset 2) not widely adopted yet. Less than 4% of the world owns Bitcoin, so it’s still in [early adoption phase](https://hbr.org/data-visuals/2024/03/the-technology-adoption-life-cycle). If you understood [price discovery](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discovery) you would know this - “no one is really concerned about the security of the modern brokerage system” is just a poor take and tone def… if you are taking about hacking then there’s just too many instances of large companies getting hacked every year; already talked about Microsoft, there’s [Equifax](https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/equifaxs-hack-one-year-later-a-look-back-at-how-it-happened-and-whats-changed/), [MGM/Caesars](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/14/caesars-paid-millions-in-ransom-to-cybercrime-group-prior-to-mgm-hack.html), [major healthcare systems](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/ransomware-attack-us-health-care-payment-processor-serious-incident-ki-rcna141322), [major utilities entities](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/10/25/hacking-attacks-on-critical-infrastructure-more-common/75792143007/) the list goes on. You really think “the brokerage system,” whatever that means (maybe you are referring to the FTC/SEC because you went on to say legal protections) uses different cybersecurity vendors? - Larry Fink sure thinks BTC is safe enough (BlackRock’s [iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT)](https://financefeeds.com/blackrock-bitcoin-etf-breaks-into-top-20/) has officially broken into the ranks of the top 20 largest exchange-traded funds (ETFs)) so I guess he is wrong too. Not like [institutional investors](https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/06/12/as-pension-funds-buy-bitcoin-a-new-path-in-its-history-is-traced/) and [endowment funds](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/harvard-pours-117m-bitcoin-etf-091919514.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3RhcnRwYWdlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFDRw4J_hrFFAHL6lFUt7QSsNGxJr6bZrAhyXMxDxHqYLpxV368wOnIbSNrDFwxX0VGHo3GtoBzGB-bRFIGDJ3tPe9J_C7y9AiknkmO62TXSL5yXuYqfCD91y5aF6rn91NUyqW5HCgRh-KJeuXctgmUueMDsNpGkGNk5WwV-2XUR) trust this thing BTC either I suppose 🤷‍♂️   Don’t invest then but please stop bothering me I’ve already laid out a cogent, persuasive thesis it’s your choice to become enlightened or remain ignorant

DocInABox33

Confirmed you just want to argue, ignored everything I previously said and just spewing whataboutisms. Last time I’ll address of these points but your mind is made up so don’t invest in it 🤷‍♂️ don’t know what you are going on about:   - your statement of trust being the reason for a store of value doesn’t make sense. The backbone of store of value isn’t a trust issue, it’s a function of scarcity; gold is a store of value because it is scarce due to limited, albeit potentially expanding, supply. Bitcoin will only ever have 21M coins➡️➡️ more scarce than gold - comparing it to equities because of the volatility is true now because 1) Bitcoin is still priced in fiat terms, not as an independent asset 2) not widely adopted yet. Less than 4% of the world owns Bitcoin, so it’s still in [early adoption phase](https://hbr.org/data-visuals/2024/03/the-technology-adoption-life-cycle). If you understood [price discovery](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discovery) you would know this - “no one is really concerned about the security of the modern brokerage system” is just a poor take and tone def… if you are taking about hacking then there’s just too many instances of large companies getting hacked every year; already talked about Microsoft, there’s [Equifax](https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/equifaxs-hack-one-year-later-a-look-back-at-how-it-happened-and-whats-changed/), [MGM/Caesars](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/14/caesars-paid-millions-in-ransom-to-cybercrime-group-prior-to-mgm-hack.html), [major healthcare systems](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/ransomware-attack-us-health-care-payment-processor-serious-incident-ki-rcna141322), [major utilities entities](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/10/25/hacking-attacks-on-critical-infrastructure-more-common/75792143007/) the list goes on. You really think “the brokerage system,” whatever that means (maybe you are referring to the FTC/SEC because you went on to say legal protections) uses different cybersecurity vendors? - Larry Fink sure thinks BTC is safe enough (BlackRock’s [iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT)](https://financefeeds.com/blackrock-bitcoin-etf-breaks-into-top-20/) has officially broken into the ranks of the top 20 largest exchange-traded funds (ETFs)) so I guess he is wrong too. Not like [institutional investors](https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/06/12/as-pension-funds-buy-bitcoin-a-new-path-in-its-history-is-traced/) and [endowment funds](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/harvard-pours-117m-bitcoin-etf-091919514.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3RhcnRwYWdlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFDRw4J_hrFFAHL6lFUt7QSsNGxJr6bZrAhyXMxDxHqYLpxV368wOnIbSNrDFwxX0VGHo3GtoBzGB-bRFIGDJ3tPe9J_C7y9AiknkmO62TXSL5yXuYqfCD91y5aF6rn91NUyqW5HCgRh-KJeuXctgmUueMDsNpGkGNk5WwV-2XUR) trust this thing BTC either I suppose 🤷‍♂️ Don’t invest then but please stop bothering me I’ve already laid out a cogent, persuasive thesis it’s your choice to become enlightened or remain ignorant

Toothlesskinch

Don't be confused by market pump. Folks are making money hand over fist and will until the economy reminds the market it exists. You think markets are gonna tank with the FTC and SEC basically closed? We're pricing in zero oversight.

Forsaken-Parsnip-451

UFC ( USA ), boxing ( worldwide ) bunch of sports, moving TV cable network to streaming, hired the top dogs from Uber, meta, scaleAI, hired the ex FTC attorney general of US department of justice, backed by David and Larry Ellison ( 70% owner ) and now t he Silverman, rumors to buy WBD Could be $100 plus in a year

jawstrock

Companies have lots of liquidity right now and no government oversight so they are doing everything they can to consolidate. It's going to get worse too, FTC is considering allowing broadcasters to buy each other too. America is entering the age of monopolies.

Xinlitik

The Fed is different than the FCC and the FTC. It’s literally an independent organization, and not officially part of the government.

khert87

Glad the Supreme Court got this right (so far), but why didn’t this same logic and ruling apply to the other members of independent agencies Trump has fired!? Either these agencies, like the Fed, FCC and FTC for example, are independent agencies protected from the executive branches whims or they aren’t. Saying some agencies, like the Fed, are independent but the others aren’t and allowing those firings to proceed while their cases play out is inconsistent logic and just total BS. Clearly the Supreme Court realizes the importance of the Fed’s independence to the market and global economy, but how “important” their independence is for a functioning market shouldn’t be a factor in decisions like this. Either all these agencies are independent or they’re not. And clearly they are…

DinobotsGacha

Couple gold bars delivered to the White House that shutdown will be permanent for FTC

Zipski577

Its actually the opposite of that believe it or not. It more-so has to do with censorship/ algorithm/ bot activity/ etc.. And it makes sense because this type of thing has hindered price action on several social media stocks that trade publicly over the last decade (think 2018 when META experienced the largest drawdown in big-tech history value-wise.. -20% in 1 day and -$120B in mkt value after announcing they would be increasing moderation of the platform). META also dropped -75% from Sept 2021-end of 2022 when the “Facebook papers” leaked and faced regulatory pressure from the FTC. Fast forward to today… Not even a month ago, the FTC Chairman sent a letter to social media platforms/ messengers/ data security companies such as Discord, Meta, Reddit, Snap, X, etc warning them about censorship and cited the FTC Act’s “prohibition against unfair and deceptive practices in the market place.” MSFT has trailed the S&P by 885 basis points (has been several claims/ complaints made about LinkedIn’s algo recently) and META has trailed by 1,623 bps. Take the information as you will. Headline risk is a real thing.. even the business is not materially affected, headlines cause drawdowns.

RetardedChimpanzee

Does Redfin keep the money? Who’s to say they don’t trip the FTC off.

thatkid1010101

So now Zillow, Opendoors only legit competition is now being sued by the FTC? lol HUH [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ftc-sues-zillow-redfin-over-213233845.html](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ftc-sues-zillow-redfin-over-213233845.html)

tnolan182

1. This wouldn’t meet the definition of price fixing 2. Any lawsuit on anti-trust/price fixing would likely need to come from a Trump controlled FTC, aka not gonna happen

callsonreddit

Zillow drops 4% as FTC sues over alleged $100M deal paying Redfin to quit rental listings [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ftc-accuses-zillow-paying-redfin-185136776.html](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ftc-accuses-zillow-paying-redfin-185136776.html)

SeriousGarbage3990

So if FTC is suing Redfin and RKT is buying Redfin then RKT gets fucked? Is that deal even done?

SeriousGarbage3990

Damn FTC suing Zillow and Redfin. Allegedly Zillow paid 100m to Redfin to end its ad contracts and just parrot Zillow content

Lumix3

They got sued by the FTC

Biglawlawyering

>This isn't speculation Says the guy: >The odds of intervention (deal revival, strategic backing, or government investment as a safety net) are sky-high Can't believe I'm replying seriously. The EU's Competition Commission was slated to block Amazon's purchase before Amazon withdrew. And contrary to MAGA rhetoric above, under Biden, deal flow in both volume and value had the highest recorded year on record. The FTC averaged fewer enforcement actions than prior administrations (including the prior Trump administration), to the chagrin of regulatory lawyers. The US is taking literal equity shares in companies, forcing golden share arrangements, telling companies where to produce and what to produce, telling companies who to fire, stifling deal flow all over the place, and will soon be redistributing tariff revenue to impacted parties of his own tariffs. Trump is the least capitalist president of my lifetime. But cronies

Forsaken-Parsnip-451

PSKY, pay attention to what's happening Hired the final boss in anti trust and anti monopoly and FTC of judge system with hundreds of merger and acquisitions oversight experience ( starts on Oct 6) Hired ex Uber and ex scaleAI final boss with expertise in merger and acquisition Oracle started going down since WBD acquisition rumors ( Ellison is selling to fund the buy out ) Both psky and wbd have been trading flat in $19 If you can't connect the dots here, mean you mom didn't take enough Tylenol when she was preggy with you

I-IV-I64-V-I

DD: supreme court overturned Humphrey executors, Aka 🥭 is going to fire jpow and Lisa cook from the fed now. (And anyone from the FCC and FTC) Market is pricing in .50bps rate cuts and market going up, And also dollar collapse

Wonderful-Mongoose39

the President also doesn't have the power of the purse aka appropriations, yet he's stopped grants and funding for agencies across the board and here we are. he also doesn't have the power to fire members of the FTC, yet here we are. he also doesn't have the power to use the military to enforce domestic laws, yet here we are with deployment after deployment.

set_null

In *Humphrey’s Executor v. United States* the Supreme Court decided that the president can’t fire FTC commissioners. That hasn’t stopped the Supreme Court from allowing him to fire two of them. They even let the firings stand until they decide to hear the case again.

tukleberry

Part of the FTC settlement 😂

colenotphil

Couple things. One, I am not a criminal law practitioner, but settlements are very common in criminal law in the form of plea deals (pleading "guilty" early in exchange for reduced sentencing/punishment). You are right to question why criminal government attorneys (prosecutors) would settle for guilty pleas, while FTC attorneys here would settle with a finding of no wrongdoing. That is a very good question and has to do with a lot of factors (some of which I don't know), including the differences between criminal and civil cases. But in your example, proving Amazon is liable here is far, far more complex than proving a bank robber is guilty. That may play a factor.

Maveric_87

They settled it, it’s over . The stock barely moved on the news of Amazon settling it with FTC.

findingmike

I think it would have to be approved by the FTC and possibly the DOJ. So yes, but he's just trying to show off that he did it by using an EO. He thinks that TikTok is some big deal and will make him look tough, when really it's just a company being sold.

colenotphil

Class action attorney here. First, it is unfortunate that consumers never get enough in these situations, but one benefit of these kinds of settlements is the fact that **the** **company is punished**. The sole purpose of the suits isn't just to get peoples' money back, it's also to teach companies lessons. I don't know if there are also limitations on the amount of civil penalties, I don't work under this particular area of law. Second, this was the FTC attorneys, so the government generally doesn't pay them any more for winning (best I'm aware).

Excellent-You-3873

I think getting the FTC settlement and fine out of the way today is a good outlook. Fear of the unknown is gone 

tallguy901

So AMZN FTC case is settled. This takes a lot of FUD and hedgefunds will buy up the stock now that it's cheap no?

thelingletingle

So like, what does the FTC do with an extra billion dollars

FarrisAT

This is an extremely weak slap on the wrist. The FTC is helping out Amazon. This was a case from the Biden administration

Spins13

Jeebus Heist, how did the FTC get 1 billion out of this made up case ? Seems like a huge robbery

MitchCurry

Cool that the FTC is returning $1.5B to Prime members but fuck this FTC for not pursuing Click to Cancel that would've required companies to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as they make it to sign up.

TheArmchairbiologist

The fact that you can pay a huge of money and legally not have to admit you did something wrong when you infact did something wrong is intrinsically misleading to customers and shareholders, especially if it affects consumer confidence/ they don’t actually change anything because the FTC said they can say they didn’t do anything wrong

isolated-cat

Amazon.com will pay $2.5 billion in fines and payments to Prime subscribers to settle a Federal Trade Commission case alleging the retail juggernaut signed users up for the subscription without their consent, the FTC said on Thursday.

Affectionate-Idea690

Amazon will pay $2.5 billion to settle the FTC’s Prime lawsuit.  Can't wait for my fat check to YOLO lol 😆 🤪 😅 😜 😋 

Shapen361

It's corruption. Government owns an influential stake in Intel. Government wants to make chips. Intel needs money to make chips. Government has a history of going after Big Tech in antitrust court. Companies can "invest" in domestic semiconductor manufacturing and make the government richer, or the FTC/DOJ will find something to go after them with. "Nice business you got there. Be a shame if something... happened to it."

MyCodenameIsIan

Let them lose the FTC court case first. Dip a bit more and then load up.

Odd-Block-2998

We see the same pattern again and again. FTC or DOJ sues a big tech, stock crashes, then +40% in a month. Please everyone don't miss out on AMZN.

AlGAdams

FTC stands for F*ck The Calls on AMZN

DOTAFORLIFE

Great now it’s everyone pretending FTC will do anything to Amazon

LeBhikariLe

AMZN is the new GOOGL. Will continue bleeding until there is clarity on Tariffs from Supreme Court in Nov and FTC trial ruling

GailaMonster

I AM SO SORRY. I said fed when I should have said FTC. Brain fart. I should probably delete this lol. That being said, This isn’t a logical world, this is America2025. SCOTUS is letting FTC stay

_thispageexists

So I guess, even if it does get ruled in the FTC’s favor, the appeals process will likely favor Amazon

AlGAdams

It probably won't get outright dropped but will instead lose its driving factors and the government will refrain the case. Just my 2 cents. The case was seen as partisan and the FTC was heavily criticized.

AlGAdams

They just fired the FTC commissioner for overreach of power.

AlGAdams

FTC won't let me be Or let me be me so let me see They trying to shut down AMZN and MSFT All my calls are down, no giggity

AlGAdams

Made me LOL 😆. FTC won't let me be or let me be me so let me see, they trying to shut down MSFT.

LeBhikariLe

FTC trail for AMZN. Will be tied down by tariffs and now FTC as well

_DoubleBubbler_

Not yet, I am lobbying the management to consider a main market London listing (they’re currently on London’s junior AIM segment) or my preference a dual listing on the NYSE. I will be discussing this at the AGM in November and intend to make a post on my sub to outline the response. Currently the stock trades in a similar way to an OTC stock for U.S. investors so you may need to call your broker. If you don’t consider investing in the near future, I would at least recommend keeping it on your watchlist in case they join the main market or NYSE. I would be surprised if they do not emulate Filtronic (London: FTC) which rose 10x between 2023 and 2025.

smokeydevil

More like they're counting on people not knowing the difference between the FTC and the FCC and hoping this buys favor in light of all the recent strong arming. Bread and circus.

ankole_watusi

People probably “woke up” before the FTC finally took action.

ankole_watusi

I should think the smart money would have anticipated the FTC suing Live Nation….

Matt2_ASC

If this was under Kahn I'd be pretty excited. But under this FTC, who knows.

Highway_Wooden

FTC just wants a cut of those resale prices.

reaper527

FTC is suing livenation. you love to see it!

Sea_Vehicle_1479

This is good news and I'm happily surprised the FTC is still doing really helpful things with the current political situation.

AlfrescoDog

📰 [Ticketmaster, Live Nation (LYV) Sued by FTC Over Ticket Resales](https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/1nkb3r5/ticketmaster_live_nation_lyv_sued_by_ftc_over/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button). LYV -2.50%.

dont_downvote_SPECIL

President Trump: Jimmy Kimmel was fired for bad ratings, lack of talent Not FTC pressure Jimmy Kimmel per Disney is not fired, but suspended

dansdansy

The supreme court specifically cut out the federal reserve as not beholden to the president's firing. They threw other "independent" agencies with statutory limits on whether the exec can fire leaders like the FTC, but they mentioned the Fed specifically as not being included.

Fatsaudi

**PSKY + Oracle consortium path:** needs **CFIUS approval** first and foremost → heavily Republican-backed right now with Trump and Treasury driving. **Antitrust challenges** may come later (DOJ/FTC, lawsuits, Democratic pushback), but those take months or years. For the next **6–12 months**, the deal is likely safe, which is why speculators believe the **“deck is stacked” in favor of Trump’s chosen buyers/operators.**

roychr

What do you expect when the average guy uses the equivalent of facebook to trade free while all his data is eventually used against him. They are fucking outsmarting and front running everyone. They will give you just enough winning visibility to keep you going to the betting room. The house never loses. Seriously almosy all buy and sell are warehoused and put to lit market in the order of their liking. Its the future. Its robbing banks slowly without risks and with the consent of the FTC. The DTCC has burned down years back and nobody knows just how much stocks of what is out there anyway so party !

dansdansy

They literally just mentioned the Fed has a special cut out protecting them from the president's whims when ruling on the FTC being SOL. It'd be impressive to see an about face from the courts being done in literally a couple months with the same justices on the bench.

AlGAdams

210 Apr 26 call. Wanted the high delta and Theta protection. I bought on the news of the FTC probe. Breakeven is 250 at expiration but Im going to start selling contracts at 236 underlying price, hopefully this week.

One-Earth9294

Turns out the FTC breaks when you stack overflow on wealth.

sirzoop

When Lina Khan was the head of the FTC she filed lawsuits against every company that tried to go public, merge with another company or acquire another company. Since she has departed, more companies have been going public again.

jhansonxi

I've kept an eye on the stock but don't have cash to spare. They're popular where I'm at in Michigan. There's many smaller competitors, all private, with a bunch of them sourcing through [Mid-States Distributing](https://msdist.com/our-members/). They acquired [Orscheln Farm and Home](https://corporate.tractorsupply.com/newsroom/news-releases/news-releases-details/2022/Tractor-Supply-Company-Receives-FTC-Clearance-to-Close-Orscheln-Farm-and-Home-Acquisition/default.aspx) back in 2022.

Sandvicheater

Goog, MSFT and AAPL has been my lifetime DCA companies and that's through Supreme court merger court cases, monopoly suits by FTC and too many battery and device recalls from all 3 companies for the last 15 years and I don't see myself stop DCA these 3 anytime soon.

XChihiro

Very unlikely FTC would intervene. Consolidation in the streaming world needs to happen, also benefits the consumer.

snoughman

This is the problem. The FTC may block this merger. Keep a close eye on major insider selling while WBD is pumped up. Could be a play for an exec payday.

Wallahi-broski

Can the FTC fuck right off, lmao. Like how bored are you to probe Google and Meta's chatbots.

AlGAdams

AMZN Calls, its dipped right now feom news of an FTC probe and has been in a slump. Think it will bounce next week with retail reports and Fed decision.

BackendSpecialist

Lmaoooo.. u can delete the comments but they’re never actually gone 😂😂 Homie just admitted to insider trading - hopefully the FTC isn’t monitoring

FarrisAT

They’re trying to make a Fox News 2.0 superentity And the Trump FTC and FCC won’t lift a finger

Matt2_ASC

Ellison and the Oracle CEO just won a lawsuit where they were charged with misleading investors in the acquisition of Netsuite. They know with Trump's stooges at the FTC and SEC they won't face scrutiny for misleading investors so can play a little loose with estimates.

GoZukkYourself

The acquisition process is a nightmare thanks to the FTC.

Inflation_2022

SNAP is ripe to become an acquisition target if the DOJ & FTC allow Google or Meta to acquire it. The inability to monetize profitably comes down management failures. Their User base, and engagement are worth more than the current valuaiton. That said, without an acquisition, they could easily go bankrupt in the next decade. Stock based comp is way too high for a company failing to turn a profit. They dilute shareholders \~5% annually

Desert-AZ-finds

I've heard Goldman Sachs is awful to do business with. I would report them FTC. They have to respond to your complaint. I would recommend that once you get your money to move to different institutions.

Independent-Tree-985

> FTC commissioner questions status of Snap AI chatbot complaint: ‘People deserve answers’ So just a day after three big social media AI players ate with the don, suddenly SNAP is a porblem 😬 I dont know anyone who will publicly admit to owning snap in the last year, so whatevers

Scaryclouds

And I hope that continues… but Trump has plenty of levers to pull between the DOJ, SEC, FTC, and other organizations. I mean hell the Trump admin was able to use the freaking *FHA* to start putting pressure on the Fed.  I’m not saying it will happen, and I hope it doesn’t (far prefer to be wrong of this). However for now private financial institutions haven’t been as in the crosshairs of the Trump admin as other groups… that might start to change though if the public starts to become more unhappy with economic conditions.  To be clear, I understand what you are saying. I’m not saying it’s an irrational argument either. I’m just saying I have seen FAR too many institutions bend the proverbial knee to Trump to say that won’t happen again here. 

HaveTwoBananas

zucky definitely beating that FTC case now

myeleventhreddit

slide started yesterday. the elevator is not gonna descend gracefully. even NVDA is showing cracks. GOOG is up pre-market on FTC news, not financials.

Reasonable_Roger

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5477878-google-spam-filter-republican-emails/ FTC: YOU ARE UNFAIRLY MARKING GOP DONATION SOLICITATIONS AS SPAM Google: Uh.. well we move things to the spam folder that people have previously marked as spam, or that a large percentage of other users have indicated is spam.. so.. no.. we're not. FTC: Stares blankly and pees on floor

RphAnonymous

It is if there is equal competition, but we don't really have that anymore... The more the indexes become congruous, the less impactful it is to be in any other sector than the one that the index leans towards, and it's harder to compete at a high enough level to enter the index in the first place. The index loses its value in diversification, and everything, including inflation, basically becomes the whim of the controlling mega-corporations. One of the main issues is that publicly owned corps MUST act in their investor's best interests, which sounds good on paper, but it means that corporations have no choice but to be aggressive and predatory, because it's not enough to MAKE MONEY. They have to make INCREASING amounts of money (growth) so that they can give that value to investors, hence the olden adage: "If you're not growing, you're dying." The problem is that it's impossible to grow forever unless you conglomerate, take as much market share as possible until you run the risk of anti-competition regulation, then move outside your sector. That's why you have companies like Pepsi and Coca-Cola that get into things like the potato chips industry. Personally, I think we need a method to encourage index corporations to go heavier on dividends to shareholders for value rather than growth. Right now, growth > dividends in general, and that needs to change. If we can take the emphasis off of growth for value the market will be much healthier. Conglomeration into mega-corps needs to be more aggressively discouraged for a healthier market, so they have less lobbying power, less index influence, and less impact on inflationary markers. The FTC needs to step its game up.

Many_Easy

**Doug Kass, Anthony Varrell, The Marijuana Herald, et. al.** Just saying your YouTube investment channel or X tweets are **”for entertainment only”** doesn’t totally protect you from legal trouble. It helps a little by showing you’re not trying to give official financial advice, but it’s definitely not a free pass. If you start recommending specific stocks, acting like an expert, or promising people they’ll make money, that disclaimer won’t really cover you. You could still be seen as giving unlicensed advice or even misleading your audience. Basically, if your content sounds like real financial advice especially without a license or proper disclosures you might get into trouble with regulators like the SEC or FTC. The bottom line is this: disclaimers help, but they don’t completely protect you. **What you actually say and how you say it matters much more.**

skilliard7

Imagine thinking the current FTC cares

Echo-Possible

Imagine thinking the FTC would sign off on that. They already blocked Nvidia’s acquisition of ARM back in 2022 when they were a fraction of the size and before ChatGPT and generative AI blew up. Definitely not gonna happen.

SegFault_RX

Great writeup! You're probably being down voted because $FTC is already a ticker for an ETF on NASDAQ and people don't have enough of an attention span to see you specifically said LSE. Not really a valid reason for down voting, just shake it off. Reddit being Reddit. Does this trade on an ADR for US investors?

iratezero

He fired an FTC employee in similar fashion (Rebecca Kelly Slaughter), she sued and won in court and they had to reinstate her job, but then the white house appealed and she wasn't allowed to go back to work. Still playing out in court. So, even if she did nothing wrong, or even if she did something wrong that isn't cause for firing her from her role, it's not as simple as suing and winning in court.