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This is huge, actually historic! The SEC received the highest number of comments EVER on their proposal to end quarterly reporting: more than 200,000! Investors have spoken, but this is just the beginning. Sign up for our newsletter to stay in the loop: bettermarkets.org/join-our-maili…

Weak capital rules are pushing lending out of banks and into costlier and riskier nonbanks, which hurts borrowers and our economic growth. This problem could become even worse because of the new proposed capital rules. Read our Substack (linked in the comments) to learn more.

The Consolidated Audit Trail is a powerful tool for spotting manipulation, insider trading, or the kind of cascading chaos that caused the 2010 Flash Crash. Industry groups are seeking to defund that database, but we’re fighting back. See the link in the comments to learn more.

Taking away basic quarterly information means investors are blind for six months at a time. Better Markets' @DennisKelleher explains in @hiltzikm's LA Times column how the SEC's proposal will further tip an already uneven playing field. Read more below.

To the two hundred thousand people who joined us in saying hell no to the SEC's proposal to eliminate quarterly reports—which will hurt everyday investors and reward corporate insiders—thank you! This fight isn't over. Follow us for updates on what comes next.

Instead of representing the interests of investors, the SEC's 2026 agenda mirrors a financial industry wish list by planning to legitimize crypto assets, reduce public company disclosures, and expose retail investors to turbulent private markets. Link in the comments.

AI is changing everything. In a new Substack series, Better Markets will explore how AI touches every part of economic life: work and wages, retirement savings, credit, financial stability, energy costs, and the rules that are supposed to govern it all. Link in the comments.

Schumer’s preferred SEC nominee, Goldsmith Romero, is unqualified and untrustworthy. Her flip-flop vote to drop litigation against Kalshi unleashed unregulated nationwide gambling and likely previews future backroom deals for crypto and prediction markets. Link in the comments.

You're saving for retirement. The SEC is handing Wall Street another advantage. Tell them no before midnight tonight!

Wall Street gets the feast. You get the scraps. The SEC just proposed cutting your investor information in half. Fight back! Deadline is today at midnight.

When you tell the SEC to keep corporations transparent and limit insider trading through bettertakeaction.org before tonight's deadline.

Did crypto bribe Sen. Gillibrand? Her 22-year-old son’s startup is backed by a crypto billionaire & other luminaries; gee, wonder why-see what Better Markets’ @DennisKelleher has to say about this. Link in the comments.

The SEC is supposed to protect investors. Their proposal to allow companies to provide financial reports semiannually instead of quarterly betrays that mission and is a slap in the face to investors everywhere. Read more by clicking the link in the comments.