LendingTree (NASDAQ: TREE ) operates an online marketplace that matches consumers seeking mortgages, personal loans, credit cards, insurance, and other financial products with multiple lenders and insurers. LendingTree was founded in 1996 by Douglas Lebda, who remains CEO to thisPhD in Law and Economics, with a dissertation focusing on corporate wrongdoing. Longstanding interest in the stock-market, focusing primarily on US small to mid caps, both long and short.I will write about what peaks my interest: va ...