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SEC chief Mary Jo White has announced that she’ll be stepping down in early 2017—an expected move that nevertheless drives home the reality of the big changes ahead for the securities industry (and many others) – NYTimes and WSJ and Law360

That said, the agency’s whistleblower bounties won’t be going anywhere – Law360

US markets were mixed yesterday, but the global bond selloff continued, as investors look instead to snap up stocks in anticipation of infrastructure investments and tax cuts in the US – NYTimes and WSJ

Streetwise, meanwhile, thinks that the markets have done too much, too soonWSJ

And tech stocks are feeling awfully left out, with big names Apple, Facebook, Alphabet, and Amazon leading the way in losses over the past week especially – Bloomberg

Hedge funds version 2.0—it’s all about big computers crunching big data.  Really quickly – NYTimes

The Government Accountability Office is set to release later today the results of its much-anticipated review of the Fed’s annual stress tests – WSJ

A look at Spark, a venture capital firm boldly going its own way (and reaping sizeable rewards on some big bets that have paid off) – NYTimes

The Supreme Court’s decision on whether Fannie Mae can be sued in both state and federal court could lead to “thousands of mortgage cases” making their way to federal court – Law360

If Indiana Jones had a penchant for baking (and an interest in cuneiform rather than ancient biblical treasures), he just might be able to pull off what UPenn’s Katy Blanchard can – NYTimes

The Mannequin challenge is so last week. (Literally).  It’s all about #AndysComing now.  [Craziest part? reference to “ Disney’s 1995 classic.”  1995!] – Mashable

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