Long-term U.S. mortgage rates didn't move this week, remaining at their lowest levels since mid-July as a lure to prospective homebuyers. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Thursday the average for a 30-year …
Admittedly, I was surprised as anybody by the result of the presidential election. I’ll be sharing my personal-finance-related thoughts on that matter on Monday, while doing my best as always to keep the discussion nonpolitical. Investing Articles For Many Underpaid Professionals, a High-Cost Retirement Plan — …
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CNBCAnother reason mutual funds are bleeding money is that managers don't like regulationsCNBCA soon-to-come rule for financial advisors is driving even more money out of mutual funds than they were already losing. Last week, equity mutual funds hemorrhaged $16.3 billion, their greatest outpouring of money since August 2011, …
The primacy of monetary policy continues unabated as central banks go further and further down the rat hole of increasingly desperate measures to boost demand. First, it was quantitative easing. Now, the latest scheme is negative interest rates. They tell us that monetary policy is not exhausted and that still …