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The Associated Press via Chicago Tribune
The Trump administration is recommending ways to loosen the rules governing the U.S. stock, bond and derivatives markets, proposing a rollback of a variety of tougher requirements adopted in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
The 220-page report, prepared by the Treasury Department, argues that numerous rules enforced by such agencies as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission need to be changed to promote stronger economic growth.
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CFA Society Chicago
Join Illinois CPA Society, Turnaround Management Association (Chicago/Midwest Chapter) and 13 other professional organizations at this exclusive networking event encouraging connections among professionals and organizations in key industries.
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CFA Society Chicago
Special situations are corporate actions which could reveal an undervalued security and hence an investment opportunity. Some examples of Special Situations are spinoffs, liquidations, tender offers, restructurings, bankruptcy exits etc. In the Special Situations Research Forum we will discuss an investment situation decided 3 weeks in advance. Every participant in the Forum is expected to research the topic before attending the meeting.
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CFA Society Chicago
CFA Society Chicago welcomes you to join us as we plan for our highest profile event of the year. On Wednesday, November 1, 2017, CFA Society Chicago will celebrate its 31st Annual Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. This event is the premier networking event of the year, bringing together more than 1,000 of Chicago's leading investment professionals and key decision-makers. This year the Society welcomes David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of The Carlyle Group, one of the world's largest private equity firms as the keynote speaker. To register please visit the CFA Society Chicago website.
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CFA Institute Enterprising Investor
Americans are a cost-conscious lot.
We all like a good deal. And that’s become especially clear when it comes to investing.
As an investment counselor, I now field questions that I didn’t hear a few years ago. Clients ask, “What’s the portfolio cost?” “Why aren’t we using more indexes?” “Why is this so expensive?” In almost every governance survey of asset owners, investment expenses have emerged as one of the top three concerns.
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The Wall Street Journal
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday selected American economist Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago as the winner of the 2017 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, recognizing him for contributions to the field of behavioral economics. Who is he?
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Investor's Business Daily via Chicago Tribune
As investors have poured increasing amounts of money into ETFs in recent years, millennials have taken note. Low fees and instant diversification are just a couple of key attributes that have drawn in millennial investors to ETFs.
Tax advantages and social considerations have also been among the selling points to young investors.
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The Associated Press via Chicago Tribune
A federal regulator announced new restrictions Thursday on the payday lending industry, a move that is likely to face resistance in Congress.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's finalized rules largely reflect what the agency proposed last year. They are the first nationwide regulation of the industry, which had largely been left to the states.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago will refinance $3 billion in debt in a way that could dramatically reduce borrowing costs, under a mayoral plan advanced Thursday to create a “special purpose corporation legally independent” from the City Council.
During a nearly three-hour hearing that preceded the Finance Committee vote, the elephant in the room was the widely-despised parking meter deal.
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Reuters
Wall Street was little changed in early afternoon trading on Monday as losses in healthcare stocks were offset by gains in technology shares, with the third-quarter earnings season looming.
U.S. stocks have been on a tear this year, hitting new records almost everyday in the past week, and the upcoming earnings reports will help justify the lofty valuations.
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Crain's Chicago Business
The Chicago area just experienced its slowest bank-deposit growth in nearly two decades.
Total deposits in the Chicago metropolitan area advanced just 1 percent to $395 billion in the year ending June 30, according to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. data released. The last time deposits grew at that pace was the year ending June 30, 1998, when the stock market was at a fever pitch, making stashing cash in the bank unappealing.
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Kiplinger's Personal Finance via Chicago Tribune
If you've never invested before, you should start once you land your first job with access to a retirement plan. But first, pay down credit card debt, starting with the debt with the highest interest rate. You should always make the minimum payments on your student loans, but note that paying those down more aggressively can wait until you've tackled the next two items on your to-do list.
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