Pensions’ Bad Year Poised to Get Worse
State and local government retirement funds started the year with their worst quarterly returns since the beginning of the pandemic. Things have only gone downhill...
Bitcoin Keeps Plunging and There’s No Sign of Stopping. Where the Bottom May Be.
Cryptocurrency prices tumbled over the weekend and into Monday, with Bitcoin nearing a yearly low as investors continued to dump risky assets amid a tough...
‘The pandemic boom in home sales is over’: Mortgage rates soar to highest level since 2009 as the Fed pressures the housing market
Mortgage rates are skyrocketing thanks to the Fed, but buyers who can tough out this difficult, changing market will be rewarded. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage...
Mortgage Rates Hit 5.27%, Highest Level Since 2009
From January to April, mortgage rates rose at their fastest three-month pace since 1994. Photo: tannen maury/Shutterstock The steady climb in mortgage rates shows no...
‘You don’t want to own bonds and stocks’ in this environment: Paul Tudor Jones
“‘You can’t think of a worse environment than where we are right now for financial assets…Clearly you don’t want to own bonds and stocks.’” —...
‘Buyers of a median-price home are looking at a monthly mortgage payment that is almost 50% higher than it was a year ago.’ The 30-year mortgage rate dips slightly to 5.1%
The interest rate on the country’s benchmark mortgage product edged downward for the first time since early March, but that doesn’t mean the housing market...
A Big Risk Hanging Over European Banks: Leveraged Loans
Europe’s banking regulator is growing antsy about a booming market for banks: loans that fuel riskier borrowers and the global deal-making machine. That corner of...
‘The Fed always screws up’: This forecaster sees inflation peaking and U.S. stocks in a bear market by summer
Keith McCullough, founder and CEO of Hedgeye Risk Management, has been bullish on gold, silver and utilities since the start of the year, when his...
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Says ‘Powerful Forces’ Threaten U.S. Economy
JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s pandemic boom ended with a 42% drop in profits and a warning: Rising inflation and the war in Ukraine pose big...
‘Calamity’ may be coming, stock-market setup similar to 1999: Jeffrey Gundlach
A “calamity” may be coming for markets, potentially in 2023, Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of DoubleLine, warned Tuesday on stage...