That yield won’t be quite so sweet if and when the defaults occur Read More

Federal regulators’ focus on long-term growth in setting utility profits could mean improved earnings for some utilities. Read More

The next round of quarterly earnings reports will start hitting the street next week, and right on cue the heat and humidity spiked up along with the overall stock market. The pressure is on for a lot of tech companies to deliver better than expected news so it will be… Read More

If you dig into the components of the CPI you’ll likely be left wondering what most of the components actually have to do with daily life Read More

The ability to handle lifetime medical expenses is the key to a financially sustainable retirement. Yet, medical expenses also are the wild card in retirement finance, because they are the hardest expenses to estimate. To handle the issue, you need a systematic approach to planning. Read More

In addition to lower labor costs and taxes, Mexico is winning a bigger slice of the automotive pie thanks to its relatively well-educated labor force. Read More

Choosing any kind of annuity isn’t easy, and such deferred annuities often come with literally dozens of pages of fine print. Read More

With the S&P500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average both flirting with historically unprecedented “round numbers” (2,000 and 17,000, respectively) the Nasdaq Composite has temporarily moved out of the spotlight as the primary indicator of the stock market’s current love affair with momentum. Read More

Despite the important role China plays in the world economy, trying to read the Chinese economic tea leaves is a tricky proposition. Read More

Some utilities hope mergers and acquisitions will generate sufficient earnings growth to support the run-up in share prices. Read More