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Negative Rates Are Rewriting The Rules Of Modern Finance

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Negative interest rates are making the bond market unpredictable and fixed income difficult to trade.

Corporate America Is Bingeing On Debt After Promising Austerity

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Blue-chip companies have ramped up borrowing and liabilities have reached their highest level since 2009.

Tax Cuts Added New Options, Complexity For Business Owners

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While aiming to simplify the tax code, the 2017 tax reform made the choices for business owners more complicated.

What To Watch In U.S. Corporate Credit Markets This Week

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Some junk-rated borrowers may wait to issue new debt allow investors to digest the recent deluge of bonds.

Bernie Sanders Calls For Taxes On ‘Exorbitant’ Executive Compensation

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Bernie Sanders again criticized the success and independence of American businesses and executives on Monday.

Forever 21 Files For Bankruptcy, Adding To Retail Apocalypse

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The bankruptcy filing is likely to impact several creditors and REITs.

Goldman Gives New Reason IPOs May Suffer: Multi-Class Shares

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Most of 2019's big initial public offerings have not done well, possibly because of multi-class share structures.

Yale's Endowment Fund Is At The Bottom Of Ivy League Heap So Far

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Yale's endowment, often held out as a paragon of skilled investing, has lagged its peers so far in 2019.

White House Weighs Limits On U.S. Portfolio Flows Into China

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The Trump administration is considering limited investor access to one of the most lucrative markets in the world.

‘Ludicrous’ Portfolio-Flow Proposal Sends China ADRs Plummeting

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A report that the White House is weighing limits on U.S. portfolio flows into China.

Schumer Tells Financial Firms to Disclose More On Climate Risk

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Nearly half of the 600 largest U.S. companies still do not disclose enough information on such risks.

Hunt For Tax Havens Fuels $47 Billion Stampede Into Muni Debt

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Municipal-bond mutual funds and ETFs have pulled in about $46.9 billion over the last 38 straight weeks.

One-Fifth Of Retirement-Age Americans Are Working, And Their Ranks Are Growing

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The percentage of Americans working after turning 65 is expected to increase to 23.3% in 2028, according to Pew.

THC Products Strongly Linked To Vaping Lung Injuries, CDC Says

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The number of vaping-related lung-injury cases stands at 805, up from 530 reported a week earlier, the CDC said .

Bernie Sanders Proposes Wealth Tax That Would Cut Billionaires’ Net Worth in Half

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To ensure the wealthiest Americans don’t evade the tax, the plans calls for a “national wealth registry.”

Seniors Keep Dying Industries Alive Working In Leather Goods, Funeral Homes

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More than a quarter of Americans are working well past retirement age, often in jobs that require 20th-century skills.

Reg BI Pushes Broker-Dealers Toward More Outsourced Portfolio Solutions

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Firms search for risk guardrails for advisors and proprietary products as they determine what will survive.

Warren Plan Aims For More Tech-Savvy Congress

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She wants to re-establish an office that from 1972 to 1995 provided Congress with analysis of complex scientific and technology issues.

Wells Fargo Names BNY Mellon’s Charles Scharf CEO To Lead Turnaround

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The move marks a new era in the bank’s efforts to turn itself around.

Pimco Sees Low-Growth ‘Window Of Weakness’ For World Economy

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The firm predicts slowing growth on many fronts.