NewsWatch: Americans can’t file their income taxes fast enough — but they should brace for some unwelcome news in their 2020 refunds

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The IRS has received approximately 21% more individual returns than the agency received last year by Feb. 7, which was 12 days into the tax season last year. See full story.

GameStop saga illustrates rising ‘noise-trader risk’ that could feed market volatility, warns quantitative analyst

The GameStop rally could herald a rise in “noise trader risk,” potentially driving rational traders from obscure, less liquid corners of the stock market and stoking increased volatility, warns one quantitative analyst….