For the most part, “bad luck” isn’t responsible for cancer, a new study shows.
Why turning down a bigger paycheck is sometimes a good idea.
U.S. stocks closed higher Friday as fears of a June Federal Reserve rate-hike eased following a Thursday selloff. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...
International Business Machines Corp. this week quietly laid off employees, continuing a wave of job cuts the company announced in April.
Verizon Communications and others are expected to bid between $2 billion to $3 billion in the auction for Yahoo's core business. That range is much...
The head of Carlyle Group LP’s hedge-fund business is stepping down, following a streak of disappointing performance and outflows at its Claren Roa...
Freeport-McMoRan Inc., hard hit by the commodities market rout, has formally canceled plans to take its oil-and-gas business public.
The private-equity business has a lot of advantages that it’s competitors don’t, but for investors, exposure to the space is hard to come by.
It’s been an interesting year to date for the financials with a decidedly negative tone, but some recent technical action suggests that fortunes ma...
With the index continually trading its way around a major support level, the question here is what will investors see after a potential trade below...
Forget about beating the market. For many investors, it’s time to stop beating themselves.
Secret Service shot a man in the abdomen after he brandished a weapon at a security gate near the White House Friday afternoon. He was taken into c...
Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump received the endorsement of the NRA gun-rights group at its forum in Kentucky on Friday. In his remarks, Mr. T...
One person was reportedly shot Friday afternoon near the White House after brandishing a weapon.
The college will no longer have mandatory arbitration in enrollment contracts.
For the most part, “bad luck” isn’t responsible for cancer, studies show.
New food label design will feature far more intuitive approach to calories.
This is what happens when emotions come into money decisions
| 30 yr fixed Jumbo | 4.24% |
| 30 yr fixed | 3.64% |
| 15 yr fixed | 2.76% |
| 10 yr fixed | 2.73% |
| 30 yr fixed refi | 3.69% |
| 15 yr fixed refi | 2.81% |
| 5/1 ARM | 2.95% |
| 5/1 ARM refi | 3.10% |
| $30K HELOC | 4.59% |
| $50K HELOC | 4.38% |
| $75K HELOC | 4.37% |
| $100K HELOC | 4.06% |
| $30K Home Equity Loan | 4.54% |
| $50K Home Equity Loan | 4.17% |
| $75K Home Equity Loan | 4.17% |
| $100K Home Equity Loan | 4.11% |
| 5 yr CD | 1.25% |
| 2 yr CD | 0.73% |
| 1 yr CD | 0.54% |
| MMA $10K+ | 0.23% |
| MMA $50K+ | 0.33% |
| MMA Savings | 0.22% |
| MMA Savings Jumbo | 0.35% |
| 60 Mo Used Car | 2.66% |
| 48 Mo Used Car | 2.75% |
| 36 Mo Used Car | 3.26% |
| 72 Mo New Car | 3.05% |
| 60 Mo New Car | 3.37% |
| 48 Mo New Car | 3.29% |
| 60 Mo Auto Refi | 2.94% |
| 36 Mo Auto Refi | 2.70% |
| Avg. APR | Last Week | 6 Months | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low Interest | 11.96% | 11.96% | 11.62% |
| Business | 13.12% | 13.12% | 12.85% |
| Student | 13.42% | 13.42% | 13.14% |
| Balance Transfer | 14.39% | 14.39% | 14.07% |
| Airline | 15.17% | 15.17% | 14.91% |
| Reward | 15.30% | 15.30% | 15.09% |
| Cash Back | 15.30% | 15.30% | 15.27% |
| Instant Approval | 18.04% | 18.04% | 18.00% |
| Bad Credit | 22.56% | 22.56% | 22.73% |
Quentin Fottrell answers your questions about inheritance, tipping, weddings, re-gifting, or any tricky money issues relating to family and friends. Have a question? Send it to the Moneyologist.
After taking care of his father on his death bed, this son was passed over.
He made his wishes clear, but his second wife had other ideas.
This family’s black sheep was sidelined, but cleaned up his act.
This patriarch died without a will and left his son in limbo.
Perhaps the best way to find out which states are winners for retirees: Forget surveys and expert opinions, and find out where the most retirees ar...
There’s a case to be made for the approach
Not generally, but California, Maryland, and Virginia are major exceptions
Having ‘the talk’ about how your life will end.
If you want to build a substantial retirement nest egg, one thing you must do is start saving as early as possible and save as much as your budget ...
Annuities are often harshly criticized for high fees and misleading sales pitches but annuities used to accumulate earnings present another potenti...
The "tyranny of compounding costs" is hardly a headline anyone wants to read. Yet people truly need to understand what Vanguard Founder John Bogle ...
Most of today's investors don't know how good they have it. When I started in the business 50 years ago in 1966, the costs were much higher and cho...
Fannie Mae to reward borrowers who don’t keep high credit card balances starting in June
Credit card balances are on track to hit $1 trillion as more Americans feel comfortable taking on more debt. WSJ's AnnaMaria Andriotis joins Tanya ...
Nationwide rents jumped 3.7% in April.
The alleged inside trading conspiracy that included professional golfer Phil Mickelson did everything wrong and now two of them face criminal and c...
These cities may be the hottest places to move for many Americans but you’ve probably never heard of them.
If you live in an area with a booming real estate market, chances are you've heard about bidding wars or multiple offers on many of the properties ...
Behind the brick and cast-iron facades of what were once Tribeca’s sugar refineries, dry-goods warehouses and stables exist some of the most covete...
Although home prices remain high in Del Mar, Calif., just north of San Diego, buyers are holding back and forcing sellers into offering more conces...
Our view — despite what you may have heard — is that the San Francisco Bay Area housing bubble is not bursting. It is changing to what appears to b...