3 Large-Cap Funds That Look Risky Despite Strong Gains and Solid Management
US large-cap funds enjoyed another bountiful year in 2024. The typical fund in the large-growth Morningstar Category returned ...
3 Great International ETFs for 2025 and Beyond
First up for today is Silver-rated Schwab International Dividend Equity ETF, which trades under the ticker SCHY. It’s the ...
Germany's Economy Contracts for Second Straight Year as Tariff Threat Looms — 3rd Update
Economic output in Europe's largest economy fell 0.2% last year after it declined 0.3% in 2023, the first two-year contraction since 2003, according to Germany's federal statistics agency Destatis on ...
Volkswagen Merges Charging, Fueling Services to Streamline Operations
The German car maker said it was merging Logpay Transport Services, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Financial Services, and the mobility service units of Volkswagen Group Charging. The combination will ...
Companies are expected to post their best earnings growth in 3 years. The biggest gains won't come from Big Tech.
Fourth-quarter earnings season is here. Wall Street expects the best profit growth in three years - led by the financial industry, as consumers keep hanging on while prices keep going higher. For the ...
Capital One cheated customers out of $2 billion by keeping deposits in lower-yield accounts, CFPB says
Capital One Financial Corp. allegedly cheated customers out of $2 billion by keeping them in the dark about a savings program offering higher interest rates on their deposits, the Consumer Financial ...
Yellen says U.S. could've kept inflation stable - if it threw up to 15 million people out of work
Instead, the U.S. enjoyed real GDP growth - that is, growth excluding inflation - of 11.5% from the end of 2019 to the third quarter of 2024. By contrast, Canada grew 7.3% over that period, and Italy ...
North American Morning Briefing: Investors Brace for Inflation Data, Bank Earnings
The Paris-based organization now forecasts global demand to grow by 1.05 million barrels a day in 2025 from 1.1 million barrels a day previously, reaching a total of 104 million barrels a day on ...
Simple 60/40 portfolio would've easily beaten hedge-fund returns last year
Even over 5 years - which includes 2022 when both stocks and bonds tumbled in value - the 60/40 strategy sees an average gain of 8%. Over five years, including 2022 when hedge funds lost just 4%, the ...
What's the best way to convince 20-year-olds to save for retirement?
Another effective proposal: Get them to start small but sign up for auto-escalation, which will increase their contributions typically by 1% a year. By the time they are old enough to appreciate the ...
'She is very manipulative and controlling': My mother offered to buy me an apartment, but there are strings. Is it foolish to say no?
My parents, my sister and I - a middle-aged woman - are from overseas, but I've lived in the U.S. for more than half of my life. They went back to live there. I never got along with my mother. I have ...