The doomsday forecasters should pay more attention to American consumers' spending habits. If they did, they'd know shoppers are still spending generously and powering the U.S. economy ever...

The second-quarter earnings season is largely behind us, and by the yardsticks of sales and earnings, things looked pretty good. More than 98% of S&P 500 companies have already reported, and among...

Healthcare reform has paralyzed Washington for a couple of months now. But last Thursday, House Republicans cobbled together enough support to pass their American Health Care Act by a vote of...

It’s that scary and uncertain time of the year again. No, not Halloween; Health insurance season! Medicare Open Enrollment started on October 15 and ends on December 7, while open enrollment under...

As investors await the Fed’s decision on rate hikes, don’t miss our experts’ latest batch of research and data.

What would you do with your money if the Federal Reserve deposit rate was a negative 0.4%? Sure, U.S. banks hardly pay anything these days, but at least they pay something, which is not the case...

There are similarities between the U.S. debt ceiling crisis and Godzilla, and this is how investors can prepare.

We don’t have economic data from the 14th century when the Black Death swept through Asia, Europe and Africa. We certainly don’t know much about the great floods that struck the Middle East and...

It’s official. The world’s biggest countries now owe more money than they did right after World War II. Debt as a percentage of GDP just hit 128%, versus 124% in 1946. And that’s just government...

I’m in a state of alarm and high alert. If you’re not, you should be. The aftershocks of what just happened in Iraq are rippling across the world and are a millennial game-changer for your...