As oil crashed through $35 a barrel in New York, some producers were already living with the reality of much lower prices. A mix of Mexican crudes is already valued at less than $28, an 11-year low, according to data...
Should the Fed raise rates? On December 16th, the Federal Reserve, the American central bank, will take what could be a historic decision: the first interest-rate increase since before the iPhone was invented. The last time the Fed raised rates...
Fairy tales are where you find them, but any number seem to begin in the dark German woods where Angela Merkel spent her childhood. The girl who would grow up to be called the most powerful woman in the world...
Investors who piled into the riskiest corners of the credit markets during seven years of rock-bottom interest rates are getting a reminder of how hard it can be to cash out. With outflows from U.S. high-yield bond funds running at...
As part of the 2015 budget legislation, the two main Social Security strategies known as File-And-Suspend and Restricted application were substantially altered. This video discuss some of the key changes as a result of the legislation change. John Wenzel |...
Jeff Patmont got his home loan on his phone. The 30-year-old marketing manager for a medical-device company said he did almost everything electronically for the mortgage on his $980,000 home in the San Francisco suburb of Lafayette, California. “I didn’t...
Passing through the Suez Canal became easier earlier this year, thanks to an expansion completed in August. Now it is about to become a little bit more complicated. Transit fees for the canal are denominated in Special Drawing Rights, a...
It may be time to rethink that move to Manhattan after graduation. South America has the best market for your college degree. Chile and Brazil are the two countries where it pays the most to have a higher education, according...
David Tepper says a yuan devaluation may be coming in China. John Burbank warns that a hard landing there could spark a global recession. Tepper, the billionaire owner of Appaloosa Management, said last week at the Robin Hood Investor’s Conference that...
Ireland shows there is economic life after death. While the euro zone limps along, growing in the third quarter by a disappointing 0.3% (an annualised rate of 1.2%), one small member of the 19-strong currency club is racing ahead. Less...
When it comes to selecting an advisor or financial planner to work with, it can be a bit overwhelming. In our video we describe some key questions to ask when speaking with and interviewing an advisor. These questions and more...
Whether you have limited or low data or you're stuck in a country road with spotty service, Google's Maps will come to the rescue … offline. Prior to Tuesday's app update, Google Maps worked offline much like our old school physical paper...
Snapchat Inc.’s valuation was cut by a quarter by one of its biggest backers, the latest evidence that private technology companies are losing some of their luster. Fidelity, a fund manager which invested in the creator of the mobile app...
When the Honduran police came to evict her in 2009 Mariana Catalina Izaguirre had lived in her lowly house for three decades. Unlike many of her neighbours in Tegucigalpa, the country’s capital, she even had an official title to the...
This U.S. earnings season is on track to be the worst since 2009 as profits from oil & gas and commodity-related companies plummet. So far, about three-quarters of the S&P 500 have reported results, with profits down 3.1 percent on...
