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The SEC is going after a Long Island firm called The Spaventa Group, alleging it ran a boiler room operation that cold-called retirees and raised seventy-four million dollars selling shares in private tech giants like SpaceX, Anthropic, and Anduril, all while burying massive hidden fees in the fine print. If the allegations hold, this is a textbook case of predatory sales dressed up in Silicon Valley prestige.
Turning to Oracle, Larry Ellison has dropped from the second-wealthiest person on the planet to number eight in just two months, as Oracle shares have shed nearly forty percent of their value from their recent peak. That kind of wealth erosion at that speed is a reminder of how concentrated tech fortunes remain tied to single-stock risk, no matter how large the enterprise.
And on compensation strategy, new analysis from Levels dot fyi suggests that tech workers holding concentrated positions in employer stock may be leaving serious money on the table. The data shows that diversifying into broader market indexes would have outperformed holding company shares for many senior employees across the industry over recent years.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
