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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Group of 20 have announced a plan to expose untaxed funds invested in real estate, as well as rental income and capital gains from real estate.Information on real-estate ownership will be shared by tax authorities where each property is located with the tax authorities where the legal and beneficial owners reside. The aim is to close down real estate as a hiding place for untaxed funds and collect a range of taxes (and penalties) thereon.This potentially affects anyone with untaxed money...

The bond market is caught in a tug-of-war between pro-growth stimulus and inflationary pressures, leaving investors with few clear signals and rising long-term yields. "We have policies that on the one hand will boost growth like expansive fiscal stimulus," Kathy Jones, chief fixed income strategist at Charles Schwab, told Yahoo Finance. "Then we have some that will slow growth, like tariffs. ... So the bond market is just caught in the middle." Long-term Treasury yields have climbed in recent weeks, driven by concerns over the US fiscal trajectory as President...