Tag: Bonds

Financial transaction tax could hit average Americans

Financial transaction tax could hit average Americans

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks during a campaign event on February 17, 2020 in Richmond, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Justin Sullivan When Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., proposed legislation last year to tax stock trades, he decried the “recklessness of Wall Street billionaires” and cited a goal of building an economy […]

Start-up partners with BlackRock to offer investments used by the rich

Start-up partners with BlackRock to offer investments used by the rich

A digital platform that offers alternative investments to the masses is attempting to broaden its appeal with a new fund created with BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager. For the last five years, New York-based start-up YieldStreet has been giving its users access to a category of deals that had previously been the domain of […]