By Sean Brodrick On June 13, 201711:37 AM Eastern
I’m back from the Mojave Desert. I did find a very interesting gold developer, and I’ll be telling you about it soon. But not yet. The company is in the middle of a fund-raising. That’s likely to...
By Remi Lukosiunas On June 13, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Last week I talked about declining number of banks and how this downward pattern may leave us with fewer options to choose from. But our latest round of ratings gives us some encouraging news...
By Mike Larson On June 12, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Over the last 10 years, global central banks have waged war on your income portfolio. They’ve slashed benchmark interest rates more than 667 times, and driven yields even lower with more than $12...
By Mike Larson On June 9, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Okay, true confession time: I watch the bond market like a hawk. Nothing fascinates me more than interest rates.
That may not make me the most exciting cocktail party guest. But it has helped me...
By Gavin Magor On June 8, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Of all the companies that suffered during the housing crisis and Great Recession, mortgage insurers fared among the worst. Many fell by the wayside as the financial crisis bit hard, and losses...
By Sean Brodrick On June 7, 201709:44 AM Eastern
Hello from the road!
I left South Florida yesterday, in rain so hard I’m surprised I didn’t see a guy with a beard moving a boatload of animals down I-95 on my way to the airport.
Then I flew...
By Mandeep Rai On June 7, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Behavioral finance may sound like a dry topic. But I can assure you it isn’t, at least when it comes to the investment markets. If you can identify the biases, mistakes, and irrational decisions...
By Remi Lukosiunas On June 6, 201707:00 AM Eastern
The U.S. banking industry is shrinking dramatically – and that means consumers have fewer options when it comes to finding an institution to do business with. There were only 5,856 federally...
By Sean Brodrick On June 5, 201701:26 PM Eastern
This week, I’m flying to Nevada. Then I’m renting a car and driving like a bat out of hell to Arizona. It turns out that the easiest way to reach this remote corner of Arizona is to fly to...
By Mike Larson On June 5, 201707:00 AM Eastern
We’re almost halfway through the year, and as I alluded to on Friday, the performance derby isn’t even close.
Just look at this chart showing each of the 11 S&P 500 Index sectors, and how...