A possible Fed interest-rate cut boosts home builders confidence
The numbers: Builder confidence rose in September for the first time in 6 months ahead of a highly-anticipated interest-rate ...
How the Fed’s rate decision could unravel a big bond-market recession bet
The stakes for investors are running high ahead of a historic rate cut expected from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday.
Bets on wild stock-market swings boom as traders face most uncertain Fed rate decision in recent memory
The price of a strategy that would pay off if stocks see a sharp swing in either direction on “Fed day” has risen to its ...
Despite recent volatility, there are 5 reasons to be optimistic on markets, says Deutsche Bank
And yet, by dropping sharply last week the latest American Association of Individual Investors sentiment survey showed just ...
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The Dow Transports is telling stock investors to keep riding with the market
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA hit a new all-time high on Monday of this week, but its sister index — the Dow Jones ...
A Fed interest-rate cut could make small-cap stocks a good investment now
U.S. small-cap stocks have staged an epic rally over the past month as the Federal Reserve is set to cut interest rates for ...
The U.S. dollar is weakening ahead of Fed rate cut. This will determine what happens next.
The U.S. dollar has been sliding in the run-up to a widely expected interest-rate cut from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday ...
My father makes after-tax contributions to his 401(k). Should he take these as his RMD or leave them for his beneficiaries?
I have recently become the power of attorney for my father. In reviewing his documents, I found that he had been making after ...
Behavioral finance ‘nudges’ were supposed to help people save for retirement. Here’s what happened instead.
We may be our own worst enemy when it comes to retirement savings. Innovations such as auto-enrollment, when an employer ...
Dozens wounded after pagers detonate in Lebanon, media and security officials say
Dozens of people were wounded in Beirut’s suburbs and other parts of Lebanon after their handheld pagers exploded Tuesday, ...
U.S. retail sales inch higher and point to stable economy
Sales at U.S. retailers barely rose in August, in another sign consumers have tightened their spending as unemployment rises ...
Industrial production gets short-lived boost from cars, but U.S. manufacturers still depressed
Industrial production rose a stronger-than-expected 0.8% in August, but most of the increase was tied to autos and there was ...