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The SEC ordered a second Petrobras fair fund distribution of $6,414,906.46 to harmed investors on September 23
A second payout from the Petrobras Fair Fund, the pot of money collected after the Brazilian oil company misled investors, was ordered by the Securities...
A 52-week Treasury bill carried a coupon equivalent of 4.46 percent on October 5
Treasury’s daily bill table put the 52-week bill at a coupon equivalent of 4.46 percent on October 5, 2026, the highest rate in a seven-maturity...
The Supreme Court hears the Intel 401(k) case on October 6
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear argument on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, in Anderson v. Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee, No. 25-498, a retirement-plan...
The SEC fined an adviser-matching service $450,000 for not disclosing a conflict of interest in the advisers its salespeople recommended
A $450,000 civil money penalty has been imposed on Zoe Financial, an adviser-matching service, in a settled administrative order the Securities and Exchange Commission announced...
The SEC would add an exam as another path to accredited investor status beside the $1 million net-worth test
Passing a FINRA-developed exam could qualify an individual as an accredited investor without any showing of wealth or income, under a proposal the Securities and...
Vanguard’s new sweep terms took effect October 1, and cash above $247,500 at every program bank can land in an excess bank that very likely has no FDIC coverage
Vanguard’s revised bank sweep terms took effect October 1, 2026, and they set a Program Bank Deposit Limit of $247,500 for each participating bank. Cash...
The SEC voted September 30 to propose opening private markets to retail investors, through interval funds and adviser performance fees
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted on September 30, 2026, to propose rule amendments that would widen the door for retail investors to reach...
The SEC says a fund manager misled retail investors and is forfeiting a nearly $3 million interest in SpaceX
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says Meyer Global Management LLC and its chief executive, Owen E.H. Meyer, defrauded retail investors in private funds that...
Vanguard’s brokerage agreement changed October 1: an ETF conversion is now irreversible, and a third-party vendor can take a percentage of a foreign dividend tax reclaim
An amendment to the Vanguard Brokerage Services account agreement took effect on October 1, 2026, and two of its new sections change what a client...
The SEC voted Sept. 30 to propose letting funds sold to retail investors charge performance fees on gains
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted on Sept. 30 to propose rule changes that would let more funds sold to ordinary investors pay their advisers...
The 10-year Treasury yield climbed half a point in September, marking down bond funds
The 10-year Treasury yield ended September 0.50 percentage points higher than it began, which is the kind of move that forces bond funds to mark...
A brokerage must repay $1,232,939 and pay a $400,000 fine over unit investment trusts
FINRA ordered American Portfolios Financial Services, Inc. to pay $1,232,939 in restitution, plus interest, and fined the firm $400,000 for failing to supervise recommendations that...
Microsoft raised its dividend 8% to 98 cents, payable Dec. 10 to Nov. 19 holders
Microsoft declared a quarterly dividend of 98 cents per share on September 15, 2026, a step up that the company describes as a 7 cent...
T-Mobile is raising its quarterly dividend 15% to $1.17 a share
T-Mobile US said on Sept. 24 that it is raising its quarterly dividend 15%, to $1.17 a share from $1.02, payable Dec. 10 to shareholders...
Palladium traded near $1,251 an ounce on September 25 as platinum outgained it
Palladium edged up to $1,251 an ounce on September 25, a $4 gain of 0.32%, while platinum climbed $23, or 1.31%, the same session, according...
Platinum rose $23 to $1,773 an ounce on September 25, Kitco prices show
Where gold eased for most of September, platinum moved the other way: Kitco’s benchmark tracking showed the metal up $23 to $1,773 an ounce on...
Gold held near $4,284 an ounce on September 25 after pulling back from its September highs
Gold slipped for most of September after opening the month near its highest levels of the year, closing at $4,284.20 an ounce on September 25,...
The Nasdaq closed at a record 27,122.09 on September 21, topping its June high
A 2.26% single-session jump pushed the Nasdaq Composite to a record close of 27,122.09 on September 21, edging past the 27,093.90 high the index had...
Philip Morris International lifts its dividend 8.8 percent to $1.60 a share, payable October 26
Philip Morris International will pay $1.60 a share for its next quarterly dividend, 8.8% more than the $1.47 it replaces, the company said in announcing...
Altria pays its raised $1.11 quarterly dividend October 9, its 61st increase in 57 years
Sixty-one dividend increases in 57 years is the streak Altria Group extended again in August, when the tobacco company raised its quarterly payout 4.7% to...