Even fans of student debt relief will admit it doesn't solve the core problem of crushing higher education costs.
As more US workers start new jobs, they should take a closer look at their employers’ options for retirement savings. An underused account called a Roth 401(k) could help minimize taxes in the long run and multiply how much savers eventually have.
As one of us points out relentlessly, risk isn’t a number, rather it is a notion or a concept.
Franklin Mutual Series’ Investment Strategist Katrina Dudley believes that higher inflation in Europe stemming from rising energy prices, as well as lower relative interest rates, may keep the euro under pressure.
High prices and a tight labor market weighed on US economic prospects over the next year, though inflation showed signs of decelerating, the Federal Reserve said.
I explore consumer staple and discretionary companies to see how they are navigating the inflation storm.
Today, more advisors than ever are considering private real estate for their clients’ portfolios in search of inflation-protected returns, passive income and public market diversification. Whether you currently advise on private real estate or want to learn more about this asset class, selecting the right fund manager to help your clients achieve their unique financial goals can be a challenge.
Investors naturally gravitate toward higher-income segments as a way to boost traditional core bond yields.
What can a person do to mitigate the potential of becoming mired in a life-shattering financial crisis?
Why is the first-term governor of Florida the most visible opponent of Wall Street's fastest-growing and best-performing business?
The high-desert mountain pass overlooking alfalfa fields and RV parks doesn’t look like a battleground that will shape the country’s clean energy future.
First, seniors are clearly struggling from the rapid increase in prices. About half of older Americans said they had to spend emergency savings in the past 12 months...
Do your clients include a senior retiree with looming debt and considering filing for bankruptcy? Here is a list of 14 financial resources that can help get their finances in order.
Super-bubbles in the asset markets, the rise of populism, and inequality are among a host of societal problems caused by low interest rates, according to Edward Chancellor. He explains why in his provocative new book, The Price of Time.
Investors who might be looking for the world’s biggest bond market to rally back soon from its worst losses in decades appear doomed to disappointment.
The future of retirement should be individual retirement accounts. We should phase out pensions in public sector jobs and make retirement accounts accessible to more people rather than enlarging Social Security.
September has historically been one of the worst months for stocks. The Fed’s aggressive moves and upcoming midterm elections could make this September particularly interesting.
Stocks started the month on an upswing but ended with volatility.
We know that the US economy is currently weak, but the real economy is really weak, and the Federal Reserve’s commitment to precipitate a recession to curb high inflation will make this reality obvious to seemingly oblivious investors.
This means your chances of finding a good candidate are worse than at any time in the last 40 years. If you hire wrong, it will set you back months. You need someone good now.
The new US climate law plows $27 billion into an Environmental Protection Agency fund for green banks.
The crash in cryptocurrencies was not a unique contributor to investor suicides. It just happened to be the financial crisis de jour.
A growing number of prominent financial groups believes the era of low inflation is behind us, and that one investment strategy is to boost exposure to commodities and natural resources.
The Federal Reserve’s quantitative tightening program will ramp up to its full potential in September, increasing from $47.5 billion to $95 billion per month.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s hawkish comments dominated the markets on Friday, with the major indices all seeing a drop of over 3%.
Franklin Mutual Series explains how global investing may provide a path to better returns.
This is a brief guide to help clients understand if a trust is required and, if so, which type of a trust is suitable to ensure that their wishes are honored.
An improvement in buyer psychology is helpful, but what’s really needed is improved affordability, and the question is how we get that.
Fed Chairman Powell delivered a forceful and unequivocal message today at Jackson Hole, pushing back against market expectations of an early pivot back to rate cuts.
My article, “The Trial of Ken Fisher for Crimes Against Annuities,” marked the beginning of my effort to aggressively defend annuities against criticisms that had become too exaggerated, too longstanding, and too inaccurate to be left unchallenged.
The silver market is showing signs of scarcity that haven’t occurred in years. We break down what this means for silver owners and the ways it could be resolved.
U.S. stocks ended the day in the red, continuing last week's sharp drop following comments from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell last Friday that heightened inflationary concerns.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 1,000 points on Friday, caused apparently by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s attempt to use a brief speech to channel the ghost of Paul Volcker.
With the 2013 publication of Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty singlehandedly made inequality the focus of economic and political discourse. In his new book, he goes farther – advocating Marxist-like policies to achieve what he considers progress – greater equality.
Global bonds sold off as investors responded to central bankers signaling they will increase interest rates as much as necessary to bring down inflation.
A long negotiation cycle yields green investment, a smaller deficit and higher corporate taxes.
With the recent increases in interest rates, the carry trade has had a sudden resurgence in performance, which could make it a tempting strategy for investors.
President Joe Biden’s student-debt plan is bad policy in too many ways to count. But is it also bad politics?
An audacious communications campaign from Democrats in Washington is currently underway that is attempting to convince the public that there is no recession, inflation has been vanquished, even if inflation is still alive, targeted new Federal legislation will kill it.
It can be daunting to get back on track once you’ve fallen behind.
The government’s main measures of US growth pointed in different directions in the first half of 2022, adding to the ongoing debate on the health of the economy.
With Wednesday’s long-awaited announcement forgiving the debts of certain student borrowers, President Joe Biden hopes to give Democrats a boost in this fall’s midterm elections.
Signposts for credit investors as the next recession approaches.
In this analyze out loud video, Chuck Carnevale, co-founder of FAST Graphs offers a by-the-numbers review of Magna International Inc. (MGA).
The value of completion mandates for defined benefit plans depends on the stage of the de-risking journey.
When Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell speaks in Jackson Hole later this week, he will have no shortage of critics lying in wait to vivisect his every remark.
David Mann, Head of Global Exchange Traded Funds Capital Markets, takes this quiet end-of-summer opportunity to pre-empt any of the typical ETF investor concerns that can pop up during busier times.
President Biden denies the US economy is in a recession despite the fact that we just endured two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, which many consider the classic definition of a recession.
The tourism industry remains vulnerable to macroeconomic, public health and geopolitical risks.
Jerome Powell isn’t Paul Volker, and this isn’t 1982.
