Investors Need Full Transparency on the Costs of Stock Trading


Look at your next restaurant, phone or credit card bill– and you would be incensed if there were hidden fees. Yet, they exist, quietly…

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The Gamestop Hearings Should Address Democratization of Investing


Congressional oversight of the nation’s securities markets takes center stage today with a hearing on GameStop’s frantic stock trading over…

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Study: Financial Transaction Tax Is a Tax on Retirement Savers


Framed as a tax on Wall Street, a new study contends that a financial transaction tax in reality would threaten the retirement savings of…

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How a Financial Transaction Tax Would Hamstring 401k Savers


Middle class Americans saving for college, retirement and other life milestones would see a “backbreaking tax bite” if federal proposals to…

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The Hill’s Top Lobbyists 2020


2020 was a chaotic year for K Street, with the coronavirus pandemic and lobbying battles for COVID-19 relief legislation consuming much of…

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Retirement Savings Would Be ‘Hit Hard’ by Financial Transaction Tax


Recent bills introduced in Congress to impose a financial transaction tax (FTT) would have a drastic effect on retirement savings and many…

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Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris want to erase student debt and reform healthcare by taxing Wall Street. But a new study shows college and retirement savings would take a serious hit.


A financial transaction tax like those proposed by presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris would cost investors saving for…

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Bernie Sanders has a plan to erase student debt by taxing Wall Street.


When Bernie Sanders revealed that his proposal for free college tuition and the erasure of student debt depended on a financial-transaction…

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