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Happy Tuesday. Nothing quite says the holidays are over like the beginning of a new corporate earnings season.

Stock futures are ticking lower this morning following a winning day.

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:

The criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was the top headline for business leaders and investors yesterday, but it didn’t result in the risk-off pressure some expected. Instead, the U.S. stock market battled through the turmoil to new reach new records.