Bonds have been kind to investors this year
The boy who cried wolf over bonds has made many investors feel foolish. Instead of racking up the losses that the boy screamed were coming, bonds have been kind this...
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In Chicago, Fed chair touts central bank’s economic push
In a very different speech than those heavy on economic theory, new Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen used a stage in Chicago on Monday to sympathize with people struggling to...
Fed Chairman Yellen says ‘extraordinary’ effort needed to spur job growth
Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen said in Chicago today that scars remain in the labor market and the Federal Reserve still needs to make an "extraordinary" effort to get people...
Don’t put all the pennies in the kids’ college piggy bank
With all the hand-wringing over runaway college costs and recent college graduates struggling under the weight of more than $1 trillion in student loans, it's no wonder that some new...
MarksJarvis: Quarter’s end won’t end stock market volatility
With the first quarter of the year about to end, the lesson of the stock market over the last three months has been: Don't peek. In contrast to 2013, this...
Investing for retirement, without a thousand bucks
There's nothing worse than telling someone with good intentions about saving that their handful of hard-earned money is too puny to interest you. Yet, that's what happens at this time...
Stock market continues to party
The stock market just celebrated the fifth birthday of its bull market, and if you have a 401(k) or other investments, you've probably been at the party. Since hitting bottom...
U.S. economy still being held back
Americans are the richest they've ever been. Their net worth, or the combined value of their stocks, homes and other assets, minus what they owe, totals $80.7 trillion, according to...
Ukraine will continue to pose economic threat
With fear of a shooting war in Ukraine easing Tuesday, stocks worldwide surged in relief and the Dow Jones industrial average climbed more than 227 points. Investors relaxed after Russian...
Ukraine will continue to pose economic threat
With fear of a shooting war in Ukraine easing Tuesday, stocks worldwide surged in relief and the Dow Jones industrial average climbed more than 227 points. Investors relaxed after Russian...