U.S. stocks are trading mixed in pre-market action, with the markets anticipating tomorrow's start of a flood of July inflation data.
Sequence of returns risk can be totally avoided.
People are buying gold hoping to hedge against inflation. We offer a more compelling reason to own gold and discuss what it can do when you own it.
It’s time for our annual August report, “Charts for the Beach.” Each year we highlight five of our favorite charts we think consensus is currently overlooking. Load up the cooler, get your towel and chair, and enjoy the charts! And, watch out for those sharks!!
How would you feel to learn your financial planner came close to bankruptcy five times?
With the Senate having passed a budget plan yesterday with only Democratic votes as well as a tie broken by Vice President Harris, it is only a matter of time before President Biden signs the first significant tax hike since the “Fiscal Cliff” tax hike in early 2013.
A trifecta of factors support the dollar, including the relatively strong performance of the U.S. economy, tightening monetary policy by the Federal Reserve, and safe-haven buying.
President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are the biggest winners now that a huge piece of Democrats’ economic agenda is hurtling toward enactment.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is following an age-old adage: Buy the dip.
You would think the news that Coinbase Global Inc. had entered into a partnership with BlackRock Inc. to help institutional investors manage and trade Bitcoin would energize the slumping cryptocurrency market.
New research shows the corporate performance has improved as their environmental practices have become better, while energy consumption and carbon emissions have decreased.
Each generation is destined to repeat the struggles of the generations that came before it. And you can’t escape. You can’t be different – though you’ll try. Everybody tries.
According to MPT, following certain steps leads to the optimal portfolio for the individual’s risk and return preferences. But, like executing a perfect squat, knowing how to build the optimal portfolio is not enough.
Office spaces still have a role in the future of work.
Having a strong marketing foundation requires the following four cornerstones to make the tactics and strategies you implement effective.
Meta Platforms Inc., one of the few S&P 500 companies without debt, is selling $10 billion in its first ever corporate bond sale as its cash flow and stock price fall.
Treasury yields surged on stronger-than-expected US employment data that shore up the case for additional hefty central bank interest-rate increases.
As of last month, the U.S. jobs market fully recouped the number of jobs that were lost due to the pandemic, in less than half the time it took following the previous downturn.
It’s a recession! No, not yet!
If there’s one thing the impending back-to-school season makes clear, it’s that the cost of higher education in the US is nerve-racking.
We didn’t need the reported two consecutive quarters of declining real gross domestic product —the unofficial determination of a recession—to tell us the US economy is already in, or at least close to, a business downturn.
CIO Robert Horrocks, PhD, says well-managed companies, not inflation and interest-rate cycles, will determine long-term investment returns.
Russ Koesterich, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, of the Global Allocation team explains why investors should expand their definition of quality in today’s market environment.
On the latest episode of the Behind the Markets podcast, we had a fascinating conversation with Don Kohn, former Federal Reserve vice chair, and Dave Goodson, Head of Securitized Fixed Income and Senior Portfolio Manager at Voya Investment Management.
We meet the official definition of a market correction and the unofficial definition of a recession, and we’re close to the definition of high inflation. Market corrections can and have caused recessions. Be prepared for all three problems coexisting for many years.
During market downturns, financial pundits can often make you feel like the world is ending.
For some reason, people are feeling good. Animal spirits are on the run.
Franklin Equity Group Portfolio Manager Grant Bowers shares his outlook on inflation and recessionary risks and where he’s finding opportunities in US equities amid recent market volatility.
Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. has asked banks to hold investor meetings for a potential bond sale, the company’s first.
There was a major development in 2006 that transformed how Americans invest for retirement. It solved one problem, but created another that will be causing extra pain to people who retire in this economy.
U.S. equities finished mixed in choppy trading amid a host of data, events and cautious Fedspeak driving sentiment.
We met with the portfolio managers of BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities to have a wide-ranging discussion on their approach and why it’s so well suited to the current market environment.
In this video I will cover 4 dividend growth stocks: Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Intel Corp (INTC), International Business Machines (IBM) and AT&T Inc (T).
After getting thrashed in the era of low interest rates, the last remaining hedge fund managers dedicated to the world of foreign exchange are in fighting spirits this year.
The long-running active versus passive debate has become even more heated than usual during the recent stock market turmoil.
Exceptional circumstances roiled the loan market in the first half. It's impossible to say what will happen next, but the loan market's floating-rate feature could offer value in multiple scenarios versus other fixed income assets.
The Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point (75 basis points) on Wednesday.
The COVID bust and vaccine boom that followed it was a period unlike any in U.S. history. So why would the resulting inflation be any different?
Bond bulls, while savoring a stellar rebound in returns fueled by growing recession fears, are braced for potential setbacks.
This is the first in a series of articles that will explore tax-efficient retirement distribution strategies.
Earnings reports from the biggest technology companies show that the group is navigating the tough economic environment better than smaller rivals, fueling a rebound in stock prices and encouraging investors about the outlook for the second half.
US consumer spending barely rose in June after falling in the prior month, underscoring how decades-high inflation has eroded Americans’ paychecks and tempered demand.
So did the U.S. just enter a recession? It depends on who you ask.
Marriage in the US also unlocks an under-discussed retirement option: the spousal IRA.
The official arbiters of US recessions aren’t close to making a call that a downturn is under way, and may end up concluding 2022’s first half was part of a continuing expansion.
Wealthy Americans, who were girding for the biggest set of tax increases in three decades just a year ago, now look mostly safe from higher levies for years to come.
The Fed’s mandate is for stable prices and maximum employment.
The groundbreaking global corporate-tax agreement secured last year by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen included a “failsafe” measure to encourage compliance by its 137 signatories.
The agriculture sector’s importance is difficult to overstate. Agriculture impacts structurally embedded hunger, social equality and income distribution, while economically, the sector directly shapes global trade and governmental policy and long-term environmental sustainability.
U.S. stocks are trading higher as the Street is reacting positively to softer-than-expected earnings results from some key companies.
