When people are worried about paying their mortgage and putting food on the table, what they’re wearing tends to become less of a focus. “A long-feared cyclical slowdown has arrived. Consumers, affected by the recent Read more…
A gradual recovery in Gulf oil supplies could bring prices lower during the winter, but the Strait of Hormuz remains a major source of risk. China’s strong exports are offset by persistent weakness in its Read more…
Global bond yields continued to move higher over the past week, with 10-year US government bond yields rising from 4.95% on Monday to a weekly high of more than 5.20% on Thursday. Bonds also came Read more…
Brent oil edged lower on Friday, with the action being driven partially by limited profit-taking at the end of the week and partially by sour sentiment. Fresh hopes of potential peace deal between the US Read more…
The late Vanguard founder Jack Bogle launched the first publicly available index fund in 1976, and the investing framework he built around it now shapes how millions of Americans save for retirement, college, and every Read more…
There was a time when carrying a BlackBerry was almost a status symbol. Its small physical keyboard, flashing notification light and BlackBerry Messenger service helped define an age before Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android operating Read more…
Transcript: Caroline WoodsJoining me now is Brent Schutte, chief investment officer of Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management. Brant, great to have you here. Brent SchutteThanks for having me here on. Caroline WoodsAll right. So let’s kick Read more…
Chances are pretty good that you have heard the statistics about health outcomes for Americans. Americans spent $5.3 trillion on healthcare in 2024, or $15,474 per person, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Read more…
Half the people asking about one British automaker’s newest car have never owned that brand. A lot of them already drive electric vehicles. They are not coming from other luxury marques. Many of them already Read more…
Oil remains in the driver’s seat as geopolitical uncertainty persists. US dollar gains as focus shifts to key US data and Fedspeak. Euro may suffer if eurozone inflation challenges ECB hike expectations. Yen remains under Read more…