After a brutal 2022, stocks and bonds posted gains during the first quarter. Today's Stocks & Topics: Metaverse, Individual Investors, Private Markets, FSLR - First Solar Inc., Shorting, PLBY -...
Since the emergence of the banking crisis in early March, the bond market landscape has changed dramatically, leading to big swings in performance among bond funds. Today's Stocks &...
The dynamic to understand is a function of the investments you choose and how the 401(k) plan pays costs for administrative expenses. Today's Stocks & Topics: Tech Layoffs, China, and Russia,...
The fund industry now includes a dazzling variety of options, from active to passive, long to short, inverse to leveraged, and various combinations thereof spanning nearly every conceivable asset...
Investors are worried that dividend-paying REITs could get squeezed by tenants, lenders, or both. Today's Stocks & Topics: The Fed, Suze Orman's 5 Things About Money, Rich People Are Moving Out Of...
One analyst says, 'the storm signals are flying' and he is eyeing indicators such as a "sharply" inverted yield curve and tightening of open market financial conditions. Today's Stocks &...
More than half of savers are prioritizing short-term financial goals in 2023, including emergency savings, according to a recent study from Fidelity Investments. Today's Stocks & Topics: Is the Fed...
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:...