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A winning Mega Millions lottery ticket was sold in Indiana on Friday for a $540 million jackpot, the seventh largest ever, officials said.

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North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile Saturday, but it appeared to fail in the early stages, South Korea said.

If you have been trading options in Google (GOOGL Alphabet A), Amazon (AMZN) and the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) you are in good company. There are many participants each day. The VIX, however, is the landslide leader in the category of volume. This is not surprising. The lower the price of the trading vehicle, the more likely it would be to lead in volume, if all else was equal. In this case, however, the markets are not equal.

As the industry’s growth slows, expect the push toward ever-lower expenses to continue, with only the best stockpickers thriving.

By having cash on hand and selling puts, an investor can capitalize in volatile stock markets.

The markets were flat through the shortened trading week until Friday, when a helpful boost from economic data propelled the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) to respective 1.98% and 1.72% gains for the week.

Nonfarm payrolls increased by a seasonally adjusted 287,000 in June, according to the Labor Department, the strongest month since last October. That was a substantial improvement over May, which was the worst month for job creation in more than five years.

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