Segments From This Episode

• A markets check-in

  by David Brancaccio

  There's word this morning that the S&P index is now up for the year so far, but just slightly — not even 1%, and it's the middle of May already. Many investors wanted to see better. Let's discuss with Susan Schmidt, portfolio manager at Exchange Capital Resources based in Chicago.

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• GOP's "big beautiful bill" would tax payments that many immigrants send back home

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  The bill would impose a 5% tax on remittance payments, with exceptions for most transfers made by U.S. citizens.

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• When crypto has effects on both stocks and bonds

  by Daniel Ackerman

  The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will join the rarified club of the S&P 500 stock index next week. A spot in the S&P is a first for a crypto company.

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• Texas legislators want renewable energy companies to pay for "firm" backup power

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  A bill passed by the Texas Senate asks solar and wind plants to pay for additional power generation for when the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow.

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