Who gets to be an “investor”?

There’s an accreditation process… and there’s a superhot app. For this week’s Whadda Ya Wanna Know Wednesday, we’ll talk about both. Plus: If you’re not attending college in person this fall, should you get a discount?

Here’s a list of some of the stuff we talked about today:

• “Trading Sportsbooks for Brokerages, Bored Bettors Wager on Stocks” from The New York Times
• “The New Proposed ‘Accredited Investor’ Definition Changes And Why They Are A BIG Deal” from Crowdfund Insider
• “How to Become an Accredited Investor” from Investopedia
• “Robinhood Has Gamified Online Trading Into an Addiction” from Marker
• “Rookie trader kills himself after seeing a negative balance of more than $700,000 in his Robinhood account” from MarketWatch
• “Tuition Policy in a Pandemic” from Inside Higher Ed
• “Why Students Are Seeking Refunds During COVID-19” from U.S. News and World Report
• “Global trade was down 18.5% in May. And that’s the good news.” from Marketplace
• “A Crash in the Dollar Is Coming” from Bloomberg

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