Gail Marks Jarvis – Page 31

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in September.

That losing fund in your 401(k) may be worth keeping. Here’s why.

May 23, 2019 at 5:22 p.m.

Q: I'm thinking of rolling my 401(k) from Fidelity into Vanguard funds. I have lost money, but I feel that my Vanguard funds have not lost as much as my...

Serious economic deterioration in emerging markets like Brazil threatens even the strongest areas, including the U.S., the International Monetary Fund said.

IMF: World’s economy is at most risk since 2008-09

June 16, 2018 at 2:27 p.m.

The world's economy is at the most risk since the 2008-09 recession, and the U.S. is already showing the stress. So says the International Monetary Fund, which oversees the world's...

Alcoa's profit announcement kicked off earnings season last week.

How tough has global economy been on U.S.? Earnings season to provide hint

June 16, 2018 at 2:15 p.m.

Earnings season is about to provide a hint into how seriously the world's economic problems are eating away at U.S. company profits and potentially the economy. Investors have been bracing...

Trader Gregory Rowe works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 2, 2015. Investors may not like what they see in third-quarter investment reports, as the average fund that invests in the stocks of large U.S. companies lost about 7.5 percent during the last three months.

Investment envelopes likely to arrive filled with red ink

June 16, 2018 at 3:05 p.m.

Beware of the mail that's arriving from your 401(k) or other investment accounts. If you open it, red ink is likely to pour out of the envelope and may soil...

Stocks threaten to have the worst year since 2008

June 16, 2018 at 3:04 p.m.

Stocks usually end the year on a high note, but if that's going to happen this year they have a lot of distance to go. As the last quarter begins,...

The stock market has been reflecting worries about the global economy and a drop in U.S. corporate profits since June.

With Boehner’s exit, the market’s worries enter

May 23, 2019 at 5:22 p.m.

Here we go again. The threat of a federal government shutdown is now hanging over the economy and the markets as a Wednesday deadline for a budget deal on Capitol...

A Government Accountability Report says that student loan borrowers need to be told that they have options that may reduce their repayment burdens.

Student loan borrowers have options

May 23, 2019 at 5:22 p.m.

Millions of Americans are needlessly making suffocating payments on their student loans and others are shooting themselves in the foot by ducking their payment responsibilities altogether. Yet both would be...

What does the Fed know, and what doesn’t it?

May 23, 2019 at 5:22 p.m.

What does the Federal Reserve know that we don't know? That question drove the plunge in stock prices last week after the Fed's decision to keep near-zero interest rates intact,...

A screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the market numbers near the close of the day on Aug. 21, 2015 in New York City. The Dow fell over 500 points in trading as global markets continued to react to economic events in China.

Nervous? Hedge your bets

May 23, 2019 at 5:22 p.m.

Q: Due to a job relocation, for the past 18 months I have had funds from the sale of my old house and my old 401(k) sitting in a savings...

Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen answers questions at a news conference Sept. 17, 2015, after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting that did not raise interest rates.

Fed holds steady as investors hold on

May 23, 2019 at 5:21 p.m.

And so you wait again. After all the advance warnings, fretting, stock market plunges and semi-recoveries, the Federal Reserve just couldn't go through with the interest rate increase some investors...

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