Is this the worst bear market ever?
admin Over the holiday weekend, investors were bombarded with headlines announcing “the stock market’s worst first-six-months…
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More for-profit schools are offering buy now, pay later—is it a debt trap?
The “buy now, pay later” transaction is simple: Shoppers are offered an installment loan at…
Read MoreU.S. homeownership rate tumbles to 1980s levels
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Read MoreAre markets underestimating how far the Fed must go to tame inflation?
The Federal Reserve isn’t even four months into its latest interest-rate -hiking cycle, and yet…
Read MoreTreasury yield curve flattens on U.S. growth fears
The U.S. yield curve flattened Tuesday as investors mulled how far the Federal Reserve will…
Read MoreBlack farmers’ stalled debt relief could mean ‘next wave’ of land losses
Legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden in the spring of 2021 was supposed…
Read MoreBorrowers are on edge—will Biden cancel student debt or not? Here’s what’s going on.
The “he” is, of course, President Joe Biden. Some 43 million borrowers are hanging onto…
Read MoreHow retirees should navigate this bear market
Here’s how best to play the market for the rest of 2022: Don’t look. I…
Read MoreStagflation, reflation, soft landing or a slump — what Wall Street expects in the second half of 2022
As the first half of 2022 draws to a close, Wall Street investment banks and…
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Why the 60/40 portfolio is a worthy strategy even though stocks and bonds are weak
Give the benefit of the doubt to the classic 60% stock/40% bond portfolio. That’s not…
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