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A broad US stock market index tracking roughly 3,000 of the largest American public companies by market capitalization.
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The Conference Board puts 35% of this year's Russell 3000 forced departures in health care. The same report has forced exits taking a smaller share of 2026 successions than in either prior year, and no single industry profile.
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A secondary market in refunded IEEPA duties is quoting the same asset at prices between 14.5 cents and 87 cents, and the consumer companies taking the cash are spending it on price cuts, vendor make-goods and 401(k) contributions.
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D.F. King puts 2026 filings down nearly 25%. Conservative exclusion calls under the SEC's revised no-action process pushed more proposals onto ballots than expected, and average support did not fall.
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The 2023 disclosure rules ask public companies to describe their cyber oversight without asking whether any director can judge it, and a 2025 field study finds that gap produces oversight that only looks like oversight.
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Glass Lewis's 2026 proxy season data has cybersecurity oversight disclosed by more than nine in ten large caps, which turns the AI question from a novelty into a peer comparison directors will be asked to answer.
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Nine in ten exclusion requests now draw a no-objection letter that reflects no review of the merits, and requests fell by half. The judgement moved to the general counsel's office.
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A Conference Board study of Russell 3000 and S&P 500 plans finds broad ESG labels falling while governance, social, cash flow and expense measures rise. Financial metrics still hold 70% to 75%.
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