The U.S. economy enters 2015 with the strongest momentum in at least a decade and as the fittest of all the industrialized nations. The question is whether that muscle can help yank the rest of the world out of its...
Everybody loves a big, round number, especially in the stock market and especially when that number is climbing higher rather than plunging lower. Investors have endured both over the past seven years, watching as the widely watched Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed...
The U.S. economy is rounding out 2014 in a sweet spot of robust growth, sustained hiring and falling unemployment, stirring optimism that a postrecession breakout has arrived. A fuller picture of the year-end trends emerged Tuesday when the Commerce Department,...
The average price of regular gasoline at U.S. pumps slid to the lowest level since May 15, 2009, dropping 24.68 cents in the two weeks ended Dec. 19 to $2.4713 a gallon, according to Lundberg Survey Inc. Prices are 79.05...
The Federal Reserve is edging closer to raising interest rates from record lows given a strengthening U.S. job market and economy. But it says it will be "patient" in determining when to raise rates. The Fed said Wednesday after a...
‘Tis the season for gifts and giving — the holidays are now in full swing. Retailers and advertisers are all making the pitch for your hard earned dollars. The power of persuasion is at play tempting one to re-categorize his/her...
OK, so "bad" might be a little strong. It's difficult to point to any one or two factors and credibly argue that they alone make a bond fund bad. However, there are red flags that investors can watch for to...
The aggregation rule will only apply to distributions from different IRAs if each of the distributions occurs after 2014. The Internal Revenue Service has expanded the transitional relief from the limitation on individual retirement account rollovers to one in 12...
To you, the money you’re thinking of rolling over into an IRA represents a lifetime of saving you’re counting on to sustain you in retirement. But to some financial advisers, it’s a commission honey pot. If you’re like most people,...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Tuesday a delay in a second sales tax hike a day after Japan stunned economists when the country unexpectedly fell into recession. Abe also called for a snap election in a bid to get...
More than 50 popular tax provisions expired at the end of 2013. Without legislative action, businesses won't get a credit for research activities or be able to immediately deduct one-half of the cost of new business equipment. Individuals would lose...
Welcome Fall… There is a change in the air. Fall is now in full swing; schools are back in session, football on primetime, and comments from Janet Yellen’s Federal Reserve Board are dominating the press. Signs of a sanguine...
NEW YORK, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Stocks and the U.S. dollar slumped and safe-haven government debt rallied on Wednesday, as investors around the globe resumed their flight from riskier assets after weak U.S. and Chinese inflation figures. Selling in stocks appeared panicky...
Despite declining federal budget deficits, the large and growing national debt has created a common perception that, at some point, tax burdens must rise to address the issue. While no one knows for certain, the mere belief that higher tax...
Bill Gross, who co-founded Pacific Investment Management Co. more than four decades ago and rose to become manager of the world’s biggest bond mutual fund, is leaving amid a dispute with management over how to move the firm forward and...
