An exterior view of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) headquarters in Washington. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters What would a Democrat-controlled Securities and Exchange Commission look like? It’s early, but speculation is already raging on Wall Street.  Who will be the next SEC Commissioner?  Former CFTC chair Gary Gensler, who aggressively implemented Dodd Frank
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Jamie Grill | Blend Images | Getty Images Retirement savers appear to be taking advantage of relaxed rules around 401(k) withdrawals during the coronavirus pandemic. The typical 401(k) investor pulled $12,000 from their account in the form of a “coronavirus-related distribution,” according to a new Vanguard analysis of its client data. This figure represents the
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Martin Barraud | OJO Images | Getty Images When introducing clients to the idea of sustainable, or socially responsible, investing, financial advisors’ questions often spark a revelation. “Our first question to any potential client is about values,” said certified financial planner Mitchell Kraus, co-founder of Capital Intelligence Associates in Santa Monica, California. “What do you
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getty In March, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), which was intended to provide relief for taxpayers, including those stimulus checks. The law also offered some provisions intended to help businesses, including the much talked about Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP. The program is precisely what it sounds like: billions
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Medical staff members check on a patient at the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. Go Nakamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images There’s been an “unprecedented spike” in Covid-19 hospital admissions in Ohio. ICU beds in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are full. North Dakota’s
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U.S. equity futures rose slightly in overnight trading on Tuesday, amid this week’s rotation out of technology stocks into cyclical names. Dow futures rose 80 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.2% and 0.14%, respectively. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 262 points. Fueling the rally is the hopes of
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