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Economic Report: Banks Have Eased Lending Terms For Business Clients This Year, Fed Survey Finds

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Banks eased lending terms to large and middle-sized commercial borrowers in the first quarter, according to a Federal Re... Read more

Deep Dive: Aerospace And Defense Stocks, Even Boeing, Are Easily Outpacing The Broader Market This Year

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Industry sales are strong, reflecting positive trends for air travel and U.S. defense spending. Read more

Investment Conundrums: Seneca's Peter Elston On Avoiding 'fund Blow-ups'

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Many investors are unaware of how significantly monetary policy across developed markets has tightened, according to Se... Read more

Americans Living Standards Are At An All-time High. Heres Proof

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Income stagnation is a myth, and income inequality comes with prosperity, writes economist Ed Yardeni. Read more

Republicans And Democrats Cite The Same Federal Reserve Data In High-stakes Debate On Payday Lenders

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The public has until May 15 to comment on a CFPB proposal to roll back Obama-era restrictions on payday loans. Read more

Dont Believe This Myth About Social Security

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The program has issues, but it’s not as far gone as some people think. Read more

The Wall Street Journal: Pro-crypto CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton Dies At 58

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Chilton helped draft new rules for swaps trading after the financial crisis. Read more

Deregulation Pressure Rises As FCA Chief Bailey Eyes Post-Brexit Change

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Calls for the post-Brexit deregulation of the City were again brought to the fore last week, when a Tory MP hosting an ... Read more

Capitol Report: As Industry Spends Millions On Lobbying, Congress Moves On Retirement Legislation

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The financial industry has engaged in significant lobbying on legislation that would revamp the U.S. retirement system, ... Read more

Advisers Can Vaporize Your Money But Have No Insurance To Pay You Back

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Big advisory firms have coverage, but small ones? Not so much. Read more

Mortgages? Big Banks May Be Throwing In The Towel

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Big banks are increasingly coming to a reckoning that making mortgages is no longer the best business to be in, if earni... Read more

TaxWatch: On Tax Day, Heres A Tale Of Two Returns — One Nasty And One Nice

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Tax-return stories this year go from ‘great expectations’ to ‘bleak house.’ Read more

Howard Gold's No-Nonsense Investing: Uber IPO Has 4 Big Red Flags That Should Alarm You

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Like Lyft, ride-sharing giant Uber has no clear path to profitability, writes Howard Gold. Read more

Retired Or Retiring Soon? Its Time To Fund A Roth IRA

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Plan wisely and you can hit that Roth ‘sweet spot’ Read more

The Retirement Crisis Is Bad For Everyone — Especially These People

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Low-income workers are worse off, but the system even fails high earners, one study found. Read more

Earnings Outlook: Risk Of An Earnings Recession Rises, As S&P 500 Profits To Fall For First Time In 3 Years

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Investors should brace themselves for the first negative print for S&P 500 earnings in nearly three years and for th... Read more

2020 Democrats Want To Overhaul A Student-loan Forgiveness Program For Public Servants

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat and 2020 hopeful introduced a bill to revamp the PSLF program Read more

Outside The Box: These Risk-taking Mortgage Lenders Could Trigger The Next Housing Crisis

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Giving non-bank lenders guaranteed access to capital safeguards the entire banking system, writes Sanjiv Das. Read more

Capitol Report: CEOs Set To Go Under Microscope At House Hearing On Holding Megabanks Accountable

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The CEOs from seven giant U.S. banks look set to get tough questions on Wednesday, as they appear before a Democratic-ru... Read more

Key Words: Hedge-fund Billionaire Ray Dalio Says Capitalism Needs Urgent Reform

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Capitalism is no longer working for most Americans, according to one hedge-fund billionaire. Read more