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Stock, bonds, or cash? Here’s investors’ best playbook for the debt ceiling, Fed policy and recession risks
The bond market hasn’t been this popular for over a decade. For almost 15 years after the financial crisis of…
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Adulthood delayed: Today’s 21-year-olds are less likely to be financially independent than in 1980
Is today’s generation stuck in a perpetual state of childhood? At least that’s one way of looking at a new…
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Memorial Day weekend is a traveler’s nightmare but it’s a dream for travel-related stocks
If the jam-packed Memorial Day travel conditions have you thinking there must be an investment play in all the chaos,…
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No sign of a credit crunch: Banks lend more money and deposits rise, too
Banks increased lending last week and deposits rose for the first time in a month, showing little evidence of an…
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Where did laid-off tech and media workers go? They’ve found jobs in these industries.
Americans are job hopping, although not always by choice. More than 199,000 global technology-sector employees have been laid off since…
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‘The economy is still too hot for the Fed’: Chance of June rate hike rises further above 50% after inflation data
Data showing U.S. inflation stuck in the 4%-5% range and consumer spending coming in stronger than expected for last month…
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Durable-goods orders get a boost from military spending
The numbers: Orders for U.S. manufactured goods jumped 1.1% in April largely because of the military, but business investment also rose…
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Treasury yields ease ahead of key inflation data
Treasury yields eased Friday ahead of the release of key inflation data. What’s happening The yield on the 2-year Treasury…
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‘A modest recession will begin in the second half of 2023’: Fannie Mae
The U.S. economy will enter into a “modest recession” in the back half of 2023, Fannie Mae FNMA forecasts. “We…
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Lack of homes for sale stalls pending sales in April as mortgage rates top 7%
The numbers: A shortage of properties for sale and high mortgage rates have stalled contract signings on U.S. homes in…
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