Just before the coronavirus pandemic reached America’s shores, the U.S. saw the lowest number of foreclosure filings in over a decade. But the economic downturn the disease outbreak has since caused could lead many Americans into foreclosure, the regulator of...
The Federal Reserve is temporarily relaxing a rule that imposes additional capital requirements on deposits and Treasury securities held by the biggest U.S. banks. The supplementary leverage ratio, or SLR, requires banks to hold an extra buffer of high-quality capital...
Speed has been the hallmark of this bear market—but a speedy recovery probably isn’t in the works, even after the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its biggest gain in more than 85 years. The Dow soared 2112.98 points, or 11.37%,...
The Internal Revenue Service has issued guidance filling in many details of the historic delay in this year’s tax-filing and payment deadlines, which have been extended to July 15 from April 15 for many taxpayers due to the coronavirus pandemic....
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...As homeowners rush to lock in record-low mortgage rates by refinancing, a strange thing is happening: They’re getting higher rates. While the rate on 30-year fixed mortgages hit a 50-year low of 3.29% in the first week in March and...
The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield resumed its historic slide on Monday as investors continued to punish risk assets like stocks in favor of the safety of bonds between an all-out oil price war and contagion fears surrounding the coronavirus. The...
The top U.S. securities regulator has increased its scrutiny of private funds that make higher-risk loans over the last two years, according to a Reuters review of SEC actions and industry and regulatory sources — just as fears of a...
Benchmark Treasury yield dips below 1%; dollar advances ​Some investors doubt Fed rate cut alone can prop up growth Stocks rebounded as investors digested a surprise in the U.S. presidential primary and weighed the potential for more of a concerted...
The idea of cranking out yet another form after filing your income tax return sounds as soul-crushing as, oh, maybe clearing out all those boxes filled with who knows what from the basement. Take time to fill out a new...
Authorities uncovered 60 alleged Ponzi schemes last year with a total $3.25 billion in investor funds — the highest amount since around the time of the Great Recession, according to new data. Bernard Madoff ran the largest Ponzi scheme in...
S&P sees fastest four-day drop in its history following record ​U.S. equity benchmark down more than 7% in past four days Stocks are bouncing back from two sessions in which the selling bordered on the historic. However long it lasts,...
Market Review Much to the surprise of all, the markets set lofty new highs in 2019. As we entered 2019, analysts and commentators had a consensus that the economy was slowing even further and showing signs of a coming recession....
As tax season approaches, you're going to need to compile all the information about your finances that you possibly can. Your yearly income isn't the only thing you'll need. If you're an investor, or even if you've just made a...
Taxes are one of life’s certainties, but getting audited by the IRS is increasingly less certain these days. In fact, an audit is about half as likely as it was five years ago. Even so, some groups face higher audit...
