NewsWatch: Can the bull market in stocks survive rising inflation, bond yields? Here’s what history says

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Rising bond yields are sending shivers through the stock market. Here’s a sector-by-sector breakdown of what history says about a rising rate environment. See full story.

U.S. COVID deaths top 500,000 as experts look to FDA meeting on J&J’s one-dose vaccine

U.S. COVID-19 deaths surpassed half a million on Monday, as experts braced for a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee meeting later this week to review Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine candidate. See full story.

Treasury’s Yellen criticizes bitcoin again as ‘inefficient’ and highly speculative

Bitcoin keeps going up in value and setting records, but new U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is not as high as investors on the leading digital currency. She’s hinted that more regulation is likely. See full story.

These 2 pipeline stocks are undervalued and pay a fat dividend

Value-stock manager taps Magellan Midstream Partners and Enterprise Products Partners See full story.

My wife and I are in our 60s. Should we skip our undeserving children and leave everything to our grandkids instead?

‘We don’t want the middle generation to gain from our estate while cheating our grandkids out of their rightful inheritance.’ See full story.

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About 44% of teachers who left voluntarily during COVID-19 cited the pandemic as the primary reason for their exit. See full story.