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Two big stock buybacks revive a debate

By Mark Garrison

September 22, 2016

Microsoft is planning for a $40 billion buyback. — JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images

Shareholders like the practice, but is it good for the economy?

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Why the Fed is slow to raise interest rates

By Nancy Marshall-Genzer

September 21, 2016

Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, September 21, 2016 in Washington, DC. Yellen announced that the Federal Reserve has decided to leave the interest rate unchanged for now. — Mark Wilson/Getty Images

The Federal Reserve did not raise interest rates at its September meeting.

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Looking for a new investment? Check your shoe closet

By David Lazarus and Cerise Castle

September 02, 2016

Shoes like the Nike Air Yeezy 2 can be found on the new sneaker stock market...for thousands of dollars. — Mike Lawrie/Getty Images

StockX is the world's first sneaker stock market.

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A focus on shareholder value for long-term shareholders

August 17, 2016

Companies like jam-maker J.M. Smucker have used a tenure stock-voting structure to reward long-term investors for holding on to their stock. — Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

J.M. Smucker rewards long-term shareholders with greater voting rights

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Big three stock indexes all had record day

August 12, 2016

A view of the Nasdaq composite index in Times Square. — Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Remember where you were last time it happened? Hint: possibly cowering over Y2K bug.

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Are you listening when we do the numbers?

By Mark Garrison

August 12, 2016

A trader working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. — Andrew Burton/Getty Images

We ask experts about how to present the data in one of our most popular features.

POSTED IN: stock performance data brain science

A look at Brexit's impact on Asia

June 24, 2016

People visiting a foreign exchange office in Tokyo on Friday. Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso pledged on Friday that Tokyo is ready to adopt strong measures to address wild volatility on financial markets driven by Brexit fears. — KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Image

Stocks in Japan suffered their worst day in five years.

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Brad Katsuyama, IEX co-founder, on how his new stock exchange will make people feel safer

By David Brancaccio

June 22, 2016

IEX Group President and CEO Bradley Katsuyama testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Investigations Subcommittee about high-speed stock trading in U.S. markets on Capitol Hill back in 2014. — Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

350 millionths of a second can make quite a difference.

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Adding value by slowing things down?

By Sabri Ben-Achour

June 17, 2016

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The IEX would be a new market to trade on with a 350 microsecond delay. — Spencer Platt/Getty Images

IEX, a market with a 350 microsecond delay, could make a difference to investors.

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