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July 26th, 2022
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Data and Research
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Communicating on ESG to 401(k) Plan Participants
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Answering participants’ sustainable investing questions starts with a framework for helping individuals understand environmental, social and governance investing, a benefits consultant suggests.
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MARKET MIRROR |
Monday, the Dow gained 90.75 points (0.28%) to close at 31,990.04, the Nasdaq slipped 51.45 points (0.43%) to 11,782.67 and the S&P 500 increased 5.21 points (0.13%) to close at 3,966.84. The Russell 2000 extended 10.89 points (0.60%) to 1,817.77 and the Wilshire 5000 was up 52.34 points (0.13%) to 39,524.77.
The price of the 10-year Treasury note decreased 4/32, bringing its yield up to 2.800%. The price of the 30-year Treasury bond lowered 1 23/32, bringing the yield up to 3.030%.
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ON THIS DATE: In 1775, the U.S. Postal Service was established by the Second Continental Congress, and Benjamin Franklin was named the first postmaster general. In 1847, the Republic of Liberia, formerly a colony of the American Colonization Society, declared its independence and became the first democratic republic in Africa. In 1894, English writer Aldous Huxley, author of the 1932 novel “Brave New World,” was born. In 1908, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was born when U.S. Attorney General Charles Bonaparte ordered a group of newly hired federal investigators to report to Chief Examiner Stanley W. Finch of the Department of Justice. In 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981, which abolished racial segregation in the U.S. military. In 1956, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser seized control of the Suez Canal and nationalized it, sparking a crisis that later resulted in French, British and Israeli forces briefly occupying parts of Egypt. In 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush; the legislation provided civil rights protections to individuals with physical and mental disabilities and guaranteed them equal opportunity in public accommodations, employment, transportation, state and local government services and telecommunications. In 2016, at the Democratic National Convention, Hillary Clinton was officially nominated for president, and became the first woman to top the presidential ticket of a major party in the United States.
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