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An interesting public-relations ploy in the mortgage finance industry is to never refer to rising prices as inflation. Instead, industry representatives always refer to it by the more palatable, and …

A mysterious bond trader doubled his money after placing an unprecedented bet on the future of Treasury bond prices. The wager, known as a strangle, relied on 10-year Treasury bond …

Kazakhstan’s Energy Minister recently stated that Kazakhstan wants a gradual exit from OPEC’s deal to cut oil production. This comes just months after OPEC agreed to extend its oil production …

We’ve talked before about Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve Board. They’re the ones who vote on whether to raise or lower the interest rate for banks and credit unions—and, …

Though the 2008 housing crisis is officially over, for millions who can’t afford to buy, or can’t afford to sell, relief is still nowhere in sight.

What if I were to tell you that we’ve entered a period where health care costs are rising only moderately? You’d think I was crazy, right? You’d feel a serious temptation …

On the heels of last Friday’s better than expected employment gains, investors were surprised by the number of hours that employees actually worked according to Tuesday’s release of productivity.  Not …

I vividly remember my first tuition bill in the University of Texas educational system. The reason it was memorable was that I transferred there from a private college where tuition …

There is no doubt that bank fees are becoming costlier and are getting exceedingly difficult to evade. Fees for checking accounts have risen to 8.36% over a span of three …

For the most part, gold has been a quintessential investment tool and has played a major role in economies across the globe. It has always been considered a solid investment …