Economist Alicia Munnell, one of the nation's leading experts on retirement, has some advice that may seem counterintuitive: The key to a successful retirement, she says, is not to retire.

New highs on the NYSE continue to outnumber new lows on a daily basis. That is bullish for stocks, and it keeps the indicator bullish. That status would only change if new lows were to outnumber new ...

While global stock markets have been on a pretty good run over the past decade, the billionaires have apparently got them beat.

Ross cut his teeth as the senior equity analyst at investment research companies including Mauldin Economics. He had a knack for financial market analysis and stock picking, and became one of the ...

A common misconception is that Fed rate cuts automatically mean lower mortgage rates. However, the Fed does not set mortgage rates. Instead, mortgage rates are influenced far more by longer-term ...

Short-term interest rates are still high enough for you to get a yield of more than 4% on a savings account. But stocks with attractive dividend yields might also be appropriate for you, depending on ...

Shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) have quadrupled so far in 2024, outperforming even Nvidia's (NVDA) 193% total return with dividends reinvested. Palantir sells software to governments and ...

If he didn't do the conversion and left his money in his 401 (k) or traditional IRA, he would instead pay a 25% tax on each of the RMDs he would receive in subsequent years (this is assuming the ...

In early December, the claims officer at the state insurance department called with good news: She had argued my case with the insurer and it had agreed to pay my bill. But while I was billed $1,883, ...

That's because even though a show has considerable ongoing operating expenses, the cost of a movie ticket is a fraction of that for a show - the average ticket price for "Wicked" on Broadway last week ...

The consensus among analysts polled by FactSet is for the companies in the PHLX Semiconductor Index SOX to show a weighted 23.1% increase in sales per share in 2025, compared with a12.5% increase for ...

My son and his longtime girlfriend purchased a house two years ago. His girlfriend's father helped them get a low-interest loan through the VA. At the time, I knew my son's name was on the mortgage, ...