Consumers are now paying more to borrow while still grappling with a high cost of living — causing them to feel increasingly worse off financially-- but what about investors?Today's Stocks &...
In the current real estate market, a typical renter pays about 40% less per month than a first-time homeowner.(In the top 10 metro regions that favored renting, monthly starter homeownership costs...
According to data from the U.S. Treasury, looking back as far as 1960, Congress has raised or suspended the debt ceiling 78 times.Today's Stocks & Topics: Solar Industry, CMCSA - Comcast Corp. Cl...
Despite banking turmoil, a handful of large-cap tech stocks powered the S&P 500’s gains during the first quarter.Today's Stocks & Topics: The office Market, Supply Chains, EU - enCore Energy Corp.,...
"Investment cash" is one category, there are others you should contemplate.[A financial planning expert has his ideas for balancing yield and safety in investors’ cash holdings...but does he make...
Uncertainty about the economy, Fed policy, and earnings has stocks moving in tighter ranges.[Are we heading into a recession? Will inflation come down enough that the Federal Reserve will be able...
There are some general rules of thumb we can all learn from but it's best to seek help for personalized advice.Today's Stocks & Topics: Economic Growth, Market Overbought, RITM - Rithm Capital...
At least one major trucking and transportation company reported first-quarter profit and revenue that fell below expectations.(It is a challenging freight environment with deflationary price...
Sometimes a mortgage can be transferred even if it isn’t assumable—and a lender might also opt to be more generous and permit transfers on a case-by-case basis.Today's Stocks & Topics: Banking...
But good news is expected for those with portfolios aligned with the right stock sectors.(Investors can expect pockets of good news among travel, industrials, and energy stocks.)Today's Stocks &...
Microsoft's fight to use its Bing product to replace Google search is heating up.Today's Stocks & Topics: Apple, Regulators Shaping the Auto Industry, BKE - Buckle Inc., SNOXX - Schwab Treasury...
As the world’s reserve currency, the US dollar is essentially the default currency in international trade and a global unit of account.(Is the potential for serious de-dollarization a...
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 &...
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:...
With stock and bond prices declining and inflation what it is today, new retirees have run headlong into what retirement researchers call “sequence risk.(There are research 'scenarios' that might...
Of the 844 U.S.-listed stocks covered by Morningstar analysts, 525 rose, while 319 fell.(Do the statistics give us any clues for today's investing?)Today's Stocks & Topics: Jobs Report, SUN -...
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:...
Of the 844 U.S.-listed stocks covered by Morningstar analysts, 29 fell by more than 20% in the first quarter of 2023.(What can we learn from looking at the "under-performers"?)Today's Stocks &...
Jamie Dimon, longtime JPMorgan Chase CEO, said that even when the current crisis is behind us, there will be repercussions from it for years to come. Today's Stocks & Topics: The Apartment Market,...
In December and January, mortgage rates began pulling back, and homebuyers surged ahead. Today's Stocks & Topics: Gas Prices, Tesla Reports Record Sales, VBR - Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF, Bond...