Homebuyers braving the hot U.S. housing market have run headlong into a striking transition. The average interest rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage jumped from around 3.2% at the beginning of 2022 to 5.3% in mid-May, the highest l...
When inflation began rising in the spring of 2021, many economists, including policymakers at the Federal Reserve, believed the increase would be transitory and subside over a period of months. One year later, inflation has proven...
During the intensely volatile first 100 trading days of 2022, the stocks of companies in the S&P 500 index delivered their worst performance since 1970.1 The S&P 500 continued to tumble, and the benchmark index descended into a be...
Raising the federal funds rate places upward pressure on a wide range of interest rates, including the costof borrowing through bond issues. Regardless of the rate environment, however, bonds are a mainstay forinvestors who want t...
Keeping your cool can be hard to do when the marketgoes on one of its periodic roller-coaster rides. It'suseful to have strategies in place that prepare youboth financially and psychologically to handle marketvolatility. Here are ...