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In 2017, Lauren Simmons became the youngest female trader to ever work at the New York Stock Exchange. Though she’s grateful for her experience, the now 25-year-old says it’s long overdue for the financial industry to act on diversity and inclusion.

In light of the global pandemic, it comes as no surprise that activism in 2020 was down.

Asian shares are mostly higher on hopes for additional economic stimulus after the U.S. Congress confirmed Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election

President Donald Trump’s business allies are starting to distance themselves from him after the Capitol Hill riot. It comes after years of their allegiance.

“I didn’t vote for Trump in ’16. I voted for him in this past election in November. Today, I’m sorry I did that,” investor Nelson Peltz told CNBC.

Billionaire Carl Icahn told CNBC that “wild rallies” always end in the same dramatic fashion.

Wall Street and real estate executives are making a late push into Georgia Senate runoffs mainly to help the two Republican incumbents.

The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 2020 at more record highs Thursday, closing out one of the most tumultuous years in recent memory.

The Georgia Senate runoff election is a wild card for markets, and it coul impact markets and the economy.

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin accuses Robinhood of predatory practices on inexperienced investors.

Mick Mulvaney’s hedge fund is accepting at least $1 million from individual investors. The fund is raising money from high-net-worth individuals.

“I’ve listened to bankers, and they’ve said some very intriguing things,” Landry’s Chairman and CEO Tilman Fertitta told CNBC.

It is the largest monetary sanction in the Bureau’s history and the second largest FINRA settlement in at least a decade.

“I felt like somebody was taking a sledgehammer to my back,” Tom Farley, now a dealmaker, told CNBC on Friday.

Neera Tanden’s Center for American Progress and its political arm have raised millions from those with ties to Wall Street and Silicon Valley.

The price of Bitcoin rose 5% on Monday to top $19,000 as investors continue to piled into the cryptocurrency in 2020.

Stocks took a breather after the Dow Jones Industrial Average topped a significant milestone.

The small cap index is on pace for its best monthly performance since its inception in 1984.

See which stocks are posting big moves after the bell.

“One of the things we’ve tried to do is make sure our Main Street investor can sit side by side with professional investors,” Clayton told CNBC.

Morgan Stanley’s latest venture capital report found 75% believe that investing in women and multicultural entrepreneurs can still maximize returns.

“We say ‘sell the vaccine’ in coming weeks/months as we think we’re close to ‘full bull,'” BofA’s Michael Hartnett said.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high Monday, erasing the last of its pandemic losses, after a second drug company announced encouraging progress on developing a coronavirus vaccine

U.S. stock futures rose on Sunday night as traders assessed a sharp market rotation that led to a mixed weekly performance last week.

U.S. stock futures were higher as Wall Street continues to grapple with the rising number of coronavirus cases and its potential economic impact.

While nearly half, or 47%, of this year’s group was categorized as diverse, a high water mark for the firm, most of those named partner are men.

Stocks are mostly lower in Asia after big technology shares staged a comeback overnight, pushing Wall Street benchmarks higher

Stock futures opened little changed on Wednesday.

Asian stock markets have risen for a second day on hopes for progress toward a possible coronavirus vaccine that might allow the world to revive manufacturing, shopping and normal life

Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street advanced amid protracted vote-counting following this week’s U.S. elections

Asian shares have advanced after stocks rallied on Wall Street as investors embraced the upside of more gridlock in Washington, sending the S&P 500 index up 2.2%

Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher as investors await U.S. election results

Sharp drops in Apple, Facebook and other big technology companies ended a miserable week on Wall Street on another sour note

Asian shares are heading lower on worries about rising virus counts and Washington’s inability to deliver more aid to the economy

Asian stocks are following Wall Street lower as investors watched for signs of progress in negotiations over a U.S. economic aid plan

Asian shares are mostly higher, cheered by gains on Wall Street as investors welcomed a batch of solid earnings reports from U.S. companies

Asian shares have fallen, tracking Wall Street’s decline as hopes for badly needed new economic aid for the U.S. economy fade

Shares are mostly lower in Asia after solid gains for technology stocks pushed Wall Street higher on Monday

Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher on hopes Washington will provide more aid to the U.S. economy

Stocks are recovering Wednesday after President Donald Trump appeared to backtrack on his decision to halt talks on another rescue effort for the economy.

Stocks are mixed in Asia despite an overnight decline on Wall Street after President Donald Trump ordered a stop to talks on another round of aid for the economy

Shares are higher in Asia after hopes for economic aid from Washington helped Wall Street recover its losses from the initial shock of learning President Donald Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus

Wall Street’s major stock indexes fell on Friday after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, but the losses ended up milder than investors braced for early in the morning

Asian shares are mixed in thin holiday trading, with markets in Shanghai and Hong Kong closed

Trading has been suspended on the Tokyo Stock Exchange because of a problem in the system for relaying market information.

Stocks rallied on Wall Street Wednesday, but only after zooming up, down and back up again in a fitting end to a wild month and quarter

Stocks are mixed in Asia while upbeat manufacturing data lifted shares in China as investors studied the outcome of the first debate between President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden

Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street rallied and clawed back some of this month’s sharp losses ahead of a U.S. presidential election debate

U.S. stocks closed with solid gains, the latest shift in a recent stretch of turbulence for the market

Asian shares have advanced, cheered by a modest rally on Wall Street and rising hopes for fresh stimulus for the U.S. economy

Asian shares have fallen as caution again sets in following a retreat on Wall Street driven by a decline in technology shares

Shares are mostly lower in Asia as investors keep a wary eye on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the economic outlook

Shares are lower in Asia, tracking a retreat on Wall Street as markets tumbled on worries about the pandemic’s economic pain and a raft of other problems

Global stock markets and U.S. futures tumbled Monday after Wall Street fell for a third straight week and investors were rattled by U.S.-Chinese tension over technology and security and a rise in British coronavirus infections.

Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street Friday, as another zig-zag week for markets ends with a third-straight weekly loss for the S&P 500

Asian shares are slightly higher despite some investor attention shifting again to the uncertainties in global economies amid the coronavirus pandemic, as reflected in the overnight fall on Wall Street

Asian stock markets have retreated after the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated it will keep interest rates near zero but announced no fresh stimulus plans

Shares are mostly higher in Asia after advances for big technology companies carried Wall Street to further gains overnight

Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street surged on a flurry of corporate deal-making and Chinese economic activity improved

Wall Street closed out its worst week since June with another day of churning trading Friday

Asian shares are trading mixed following a selloff of technology shares on Wall Street

Asian stock markets have gained after Wall Street rebounded from a slump for tech stocks

Shares have fallen in Asia after a sell-off of big technology stocks on Wall Street

Global stock markets were mixed Monday after Wall Street turned in its biggest weekly decline in more than two months.

Asian markets are lower after stocks fell sharply on Wall Street, as investors’ exuberance faltered after a spate of record highs

Asian stock markets have risen after Wall Street turned in its biggest daily gain since July despite uncertainty about the global economic outlook

Asian shares are mixed after another U.S. rally spurred by positive economic data, even while the coronavirus pandemic has regions around the world battling recessions

Global stocks were mixed Monday after Wall Street turned in its fifth straight weekly gain and China’s manufacturing growth held steady.

More gains for stocks Friday gave the S&P 500 its fifth straight winning week

Asian markets are mostly higher after the Federal Reserve said it might keep interest rates low in a major overhaul to its strategy

Major Asian stock markets are mostly lower as investors look ahead to a speech by the chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve

Asian shares are mostly lower after a lackluster session on Wall Street following talks between the United States and China on the status of a deal meant to work as truce in their trade war

Asian shares are mostly higher as investors hang onto hopes the coronavirus pandemic may come under control as treatments are developed

The S&P 500 ticked higher to close at another all-time high Friday, powered by strength for technology stocks and better-than-expected reports on the U.S. economy

Asian shares are higher on hopes for development of a coronavirus vaccine, although worries remain about long-term economic damage from the pandemic

Asian shares are slipping after sobriety set in on Wall Street, and the U.S. Federal Reserve minutes laid out challenges for the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic

Stocks are mixed in Asia after the S&P 500 logged a fresh all-time high

Shares are mixed in Asia after a rally in technology stocks pushed the S&P 500 closer to its record high

Major stock indexes on Wall Street ended Friday more or less where they started after a day of drifting between small gains and losses

Asian shares are trading mixed as investors study data out of China showing its recovery remains subdued

The S&P 500 briefly traded above its record closing high Wednesday, nearly erasing the last of the historic losses it took due to the coronavirus pandemic

Shares are mostly lower in Asia after a late slide in big technology companies left indexes broadly lower on Wall Street, breaking a seven-day winning streak for the S&P 500

Shares have advanced in Asia, extending another rally that took the S&P 500 to within striking distance of its all-time high set in February

Wall Street’s big rally let off the accelerator on Friday, despite a better-than-expected report on the U.S. job market, amid worries about worsening U.S.-China tensions and whether Washington can deliver more aid for the economy

Asian shares are mostly lower in lackluster trading as trade tensions between the U.S. and China offset optimism about more fiscal stimulus in the U.S. Benchmarks in Japan, China and Australia fell in Friday morning trading

Stocks are mixed in Asia as investors watch to see if lawmakers will come ahead with fresh stimulus for the U.S. economy

Major Asian stock markets have declined amid investor concern about the status of U.S. stimulus spending and a trade agreement with Beijing

Global shares were mixed on Monday as investors weighed risks from rising coronavirus cases with hopes for a recovery in some places like China.

Big Tech continues to steamroll through the pandemic, and strong gains for some of the market’s most influential companies on Friday helped Wall Street close out its fourth straight winning month

Asian shares are tumbling as earnings coming in around the world showed mostly dismal results amid the coronavirus pandemic

Asian stock markets have risen after the U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged to support a struggling economy

Asian shares are mixed as reports of dismal company earnings add to pessimism over the widespread economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic

Shares are trading higher in Asia after U.S. stocks resumed their upward march on Wall Street, while the price of gold pushed to new record highs

Stocks fell on Wall Street Friday as tensions flared again between the world’s two largest economies, jitters continued over the fallout from the coronavirus and companies turned in a mixed batch of earnings

Worsening China-U.S. friction, worries over aid to Americans and U.S. businesses and a stumble on Wall Street have combined to push shares in Asia lower

Asian shares are mixed, with the region’s biggest market in Tokyo closed for a four-day weekend

Shares are mixed in Asia, with Australia’s benchmark down sharply on reports of a steep rise in coronavirus cases in the Melbourne area

Asian shares are mostly higher on rising hopes for a vaccine to combat the coronavirus pandemic

Wall Street ended another wobbly day broadly higher, giving the S&P 500 its third straight weekly gain

Asian stock markets are mostly higher after Wall Street closed lower amid uncertainty about the U.S. economic outlook