[Avodah] Heter Iska and "The Howey Rule"

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 11:58:36AM -0500, Yonatan Kaganoff wrote:
: For professional reasons, I have been researching "The Howey Rule" and its
: applications.
: 
: In short (tl;dr) the Howey Rule was the outcome of a landmark Supreme Court
: decision (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEC_v._W._J._Howey_Co.) defining a
: "security" and how it differs from a "commodity".

Learning about loans in AhS yomi, I realized something.

The word piqadon is used both for collateral and for an investment.

Relevant?

Purim alegra y dulce!
-Micha