Gail Marks Jarvis

College students this year will get relief on federal student loans. Interest charges will be lower than planned a few months ago, and lower than many students and their parents...

Wall Street has named it the "Great Rotation." The term presumes that individuals are going to become disillusioned with bond funds after cowering in them and shunning stocks since the...

The stock market is up 19 percent in just seven months this year, and you might think that would put a bounce in investors' steps. Instead, analysts are second-guessing whether...

Chicago is receiving the type of notoriety no city would want. And its reputation is undermining investments individuals have made in the city's municipal bonds. Chicago has become a national...

If people have discovered anything about money during the last few years, it has to be that emergencies pop up without warning. Jobs can fizzle and home payments need to...

This is a week of clues, with economists and investors watching for signals that the economy and stock market are ready to stand on their own with less help from...

As if rising interest rates weren't upsetting enough to individuals losing money in municipal bond funds, Detroit's bankruptcy has now intensified the sense of insecurity over munis. When Detroit filed...

In a harsh lesson, investors have recently learned that the safest of bonds become vulnerable when interest rates rise. U.S. Treasury bond funds, TIP funds and municipal bond funds have...

In the first test of corporate profits since the Federal Reserve hinted it's preparing to start removing the training wheels from the economy, investors are expected to be keenly tuned...

Your hunt for your next CD is likely to be as disappointing as the last. In fact, it might be even more disheartening. If you figured that the surge in...