The revolving door between the U.S. cryptocurrency industry and Wall Street’s top cop has been particularly active this year — a trend that one former SEC lawyer who now defends crypto clients in the private sector says is a good thing. Ladan Stewart, spent eight years as an enforcement attorney at the Securities…

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Standard & Poor’s 500 index funds are among today’s most popular investments — and it’s little wonder why. The S&P 500 index, on which these funds are based, has returned an average of about 10 percent annually over time and represents hundreds of America’s best companies. With an S&P 500…