For starters, a wide range of consumer finances — from mortgages and credit cards to student loans, auto loans and savings — will be affected by the rate increase. Today's Stocks & Topics: DMB -...
Higher mortgage rates have been cooling home prices since last summer, and for the first time in a record 131 consecutive months — nearly 11 years — prices were lower on a year-over-year...
Some Credit Suisse bond investors’ stakes were wiped out as Swiss authorities facilitated the mega merger. Today's Stocks & Topics: Housing Sales, Interest Rates, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on...
Investors need to think about how they’ll generate income in retirement, ultimately, and what kind of risk they want associated with that income. Today's Stocks & Topics: Current Economic Data,...
During uncertain times, investors may want to own companies that offer some sense of certainty in terms of cash flows and company fundamentals. Today's Stocks & Topics: NYCB - New York Community...
A retest of October’s lows could add increased downward pressure on WTI crude and energy stocks may struggle given the surplus and weakening demand outlook. Today's Stocks & Topics: First Republic...
Analysts cited a ”‘rapidly deteriorating operating environment” despite regulators’ efforts to shore up the industry.(They say that other institutions with unrealized losses or uninsured depositors...
The yield curve is inverting, and cash yields look more attractive than they have in years. Today's Stocks & Topics: CPI Numbers, How to Get Rich, CVS - CVS Health Corp., CCL - Carnival Corp., Bond...
Three significant banks with heavy exposure to startups or crypto have collapsed or were shuttered in the past week. Today's Stocks & Topics: Shell Patch, Investments, Retirement Rules, PHM -...
Data showed there were 1.9 job openings for every unemployed person in January, so with a tight labor market and strong inflation readings, the FED is preparing to increase interest rates...
Combining two procedures, experts in the field have developed a four-step strategy to help increase goal commitment and performance.(It’s important to make actionable plans to reach your...
After posting extraordinarily strong returns to start the year, the stock market retreated 2.31% in February 2023. Today's Stocks & Topics: Housing Market, Tech Companies and a Recession,...
In this compilation program, Steve Peasley and Justin Klein field a variety of finance and investment questions from callers across the United States and around the world.Today's Stocks & Topics:...
The Institute for Supply Management reported last week that manufacturing, which accounts for 11.3% of the economy, contracted for a fourth straight month in February.(With the Federal Reserve...
China's economic data is beginning to surprise to the upside-- and U.S. oil demand is starting to improve following a material drop into year-end 2022.(China's economy is rebounding now, and this...
Hundreds of mutual funds deliver lackluster results and come with high price tags and those high fees put a fund at a huge disadvantage over time. Today's Stocks & Topics: D - Dominion Energy Inc.,...
Social Security resembles other government programs because its tax revenues are spent in the year that they are raised. (Social Security’s benefits expenditures have exceeded its revenue from...
In mid-2022, reshoring, onshoring or nearshoring were mentioned in the quarterly earnings calls of around 180 US companies. Today's Stocks & Topics: FCX - Freeport-McMoRan Inc., X - United States...
Like Japan of the late 1980s, China today, decades later, has also allowed its real economy and the financial system to decouple. Today's Stocks & Topics: Apartment Rents, INTC - Intel Corp., PBR -...
The pursuit of excellence in many disciplines can yield rewards like a fulfilling life and career-- but with investing a determination to achieve excellence can lead to lots of transactions, higher...