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Local Stock Exchanges with John Katovich and Amy Pearl   Are local stock exchanges the answer to the local investing question? Learn why the answer is likely no. John Katovich of Cutting Edge Capital takes us on a journey starting from high hopes around local stock exchanges to the hard truth about the challenges – understanding this topic is central to finding the right answers to the question of local investing liquidity.   In this episode you'll learn: Why a local stock market is probably not the answer to the local investing liquidity question Why regulations around investor protections have to be taken into account. Why our current stock market is not the same as it was in 1940. (In 1940 investors held stocks held stocks for an average of 7 years, by 2007 that was down to 7 months) How high frequency trading is transforming the stock market, shifting transaction time to as low as 11 seconds Why an exchange would not work economically if it needed to make money or be self-sustaining. What a "ma