The U.S. stock market seems determined to defy the Federal Reserve. While the Fed has cut interest rates by a total of 100 ...

The current municipal bond yields (TFI), (ITM), (MLN), (SHM) provide an attractive entry opportunity for returns in 2025, ...

The Federal Reserve has projected fewer cuts to its influential interest rate in the new year. Here's what it could mean for ...

Home prices are set for a modest rise as mortgage rate uncertainty remains. Little relief is expected for renters.

Deciding where to put your hard-earned money can be complicated, but there is a strong argument to be made that at least some ...

Count us as two financial economists hoping only certain inflation measures fall slower than expected, and everyone’s ...

The effects of the Fed’s half-point rate cut in September and its quarter-point cut in November have largely been passed through to auto loans, which fell on average from a peak of 7.3% in July to 6.8 ...

U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried the S&P 500 to records as the economy kept growing and the Federal Reserve began cutting interest rates. The year featured many familiar winners, such as Big Tech ...

With much of the globe celebrating Christmas, bitcoin (BTC) quietly appeared set to retake the $100,000 level after having fallen to below $93,000 just ahead of the holiday. The rally, however, ...

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits held steady last week, though continuing claims rose to the ...

Some people expected a downturn in 2022 – and again in 2023 and 2024 – due to the Federal Reserve’s hawkish interest-rate decisions. The Fed raised rates rapidly in 2022 and held them high throughout ...

These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates were supposed to drop in 2025, but sticky inflation has pushed them back up recently.