Congress looking into Facebook's currency plans. Facebook's (FB) ambitious plan to create a financial eco-system based on a digital currency faces questions from lawmakers, as it's shadowed by negative comments from President Donald Trump, his treasury secretary and the head of the Federal Reserve. Congress begins two days of hearings today on the currency planned by Facebook, to be called Libra, starting with the Senate Banking Committee. Meanwhile, a House Judiciary subcommittee will extend its bipartisan investigation of the market power of Facebook, Google (GOOG, GOOGL), Amazon.com (AMZN) and Apple (AAPL).
Global stocks mixed in lackluster trading. Global shares were little changed and mixed in quiet trading today amid a lack of fresh market-moving news as investors looked ahead to earnings season. U.S. shares also looked set for a slow start, with the future contract for the Dow Jones Industrial Average nearly unchanged. S&P 500 futures gained less than 0.1%.
Deals and protests during Amazon Prime Day. Amazon's Prime Day is coming with a wave of deals — and protests. The company's fifth annual Prime Day now stretches two days, Monday and today, invented as an effort to try to drum up sales during sluggish summer months and sign up more users for its Prime loyalty program. The Seattle-based e-commerce behemoth said it is offering more than a million deals. Amazon's own products are usually among the strongest sellers. But this year, some used the high-profile event as a way to garner attention for their protests against Amazon.
Wall Street finds blockchain hard to tame, despite promise. Companies, including banks, large retailers and technology vendors, are investing billions of dollars to find uses for blockchain, a digital ledger used by cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. But a review of 33 projects involving large companies announced over the past four years and interviews with more than a dozen executives involved with them show the technology has yet to deliver on its promise.
Dividend stocks to buy when you're playing defense. The stock market has been on a roller-coaster ride this year. At one point this spring, the S&P 500 lost more than $1.1 trillion in aggregate market capitalization in less than two weeks before rebounding to new record highs. In such an uncertain international economic environment, reliable dividends are one of the few things investors can count on. Here are seven high-yielding dividend stocks to buy for investors looking to play defense, according to Bank of America.
How to write your unique value proposition. A unique value proposition is an elevator pitch for financial advisors that encapsulates the benefit you bring to your clients and what sets you apart from the competition. Every financial advisor should have a UVP, but creating one can be easier said than done. Here are seven tips for creating your unique value proposition so you can capture your unique value and share it with clients.
Earnings today. Earnings season kicks into gear this week, with announcements expected today from CSX Corp. (CSX), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), United Airlines (UAL) and Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC).
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