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Industrial metals poised to suffer worst month in 4 years
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Estee Lauder expects additional restructuring charges of $89.7 mln

Estee Lauder Cos. said late Tuesday it will introduce additional measures as part of its restructuring effort that will result in charges of $89.7...
- EL 1.55%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise surges on move to merge services unit with CSC

Shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise soared 10% after the company said late Tuesday that it will spin off its enterprise services unit and merge i...
- CSC 1.86%
- HPE 1.12%
U.S. stocks close higher on back of tech, bank rally
Short-term Treasury yields close at 2-month high amid rate-hike fears
U.S. stocks book largest one-day gain in nearly 3 months

U.S. stocks posted their largest daily gains in nearly three months on Tuesday as financial and tech stocks led a broad-based rally. The S&P 500 g...
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Chevron CEO says global warming could be good for business

Chevron Corp. Chief Executive John Watson has a blunt message for investors, climate activists and anyone else listening: Fossil fuels aren’t going...
- XE:CHV 1.14%
Facebook Revamping 'Trending Topics' Feature

Facebook says an internal investigation revealed no evidence of political favoritism in the "trending topics" tool. However, the social media gian...
Sports Authority liquidation approved, sales to start quickly

Sports Authority Holdings Inc.’s going-out-of-business sales will begin this week after a bankruptcy judge signed off on a deal with a trio of liqu...
Future Super Bowls lined up for Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles

The Super Bowl is heading back to Atlanta in 2019. The NFL announced at its annual spring meeting on Tuesday that Atlanta will host Super Bowl LIII...

Rob Isbitts

3 steps to investment sanity in a jittery market

With so much uncertainty surrounding the markets, many investors are feeling jittery, so we have put together a short list of ways to help soothe t...
Michael A. Gayed

Is anyone else tired of the lazy Fed?

The dragging of feet by the Fed on raising rates isn’t helping anyone, as the perception of hesitancy on their part is feeding fears that the econo...
Avi Gilburt

The bears would have you believe the world is ending, but is it?

A quick look at a longer-term chart of the major indexes would tell investors that for all of that negative commentary out there regarding the econ...
Oliver Pursche

The market in a minute: We need some perspective

There has been a lot of gloom and doom over the past several weeks, but the reality is that the market is only 3.5% off of its all-time highs, some...

Stocks to Watch

No Scaredy–Cats: Dow Jumps 213 Points as Stocks Shrug Off Fed Fears

The S&P 500 shrugged off concerns about higher interest rates to post its biggest gain in more than two months.The S&P 500 rose 1.4% to 2,076.06, i...
Tech Trader Daily

HPE Breathes 11% Sigh of Relief on Services Spin; Whitman Sees ‘More Focused’ Company

Shares of enterprise technology giant Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) are up $1.65, or 10%, at $17.90, in late trading, after the company reported...
Focus on Funds

Eaton Vance Backs Robo Start-Up SigFig Wealth Management
Asia Stocks to Watch

Sony Profit Forecast Misses Consensus By 25%: Buy On Dip?

After the Tokyo market close, Sony Corp. (6758.Japan/SNE) announced this year's profit outlook that falls way short of analyst expectations.For thi...

Hillary Clinton attacks Donald Trump over housing bubble comments

In 2006, Donald Trump expressed excitement about the money he'd make if the housing bubble burst. Now his likely fall rival, Hillary Clinton, is ho...
Four Fed banks wanted discount rate increase in April, minutes show

Four of the Federal Reserve’s 12 regional reserve banks wanted to raise the interest rate on discount-window loans ahead of the central bank’s Apri...
How $3 gasoline could tilt the election toward Donald Trump

Hillary Clinton’s chances of becoming president are looking good in the latest election model from Moody’s Analytics — but $3-a-gallon gasoline cou...
Housing’s lost decade may be coming to an end

New mortgage delinquencies near lowest level in 17 years

‘Earth, wind & liar’: New York Daily News fires climate-change shot at Trump

New home sales roar back, crushing forecasts with a 619,000 annual pace in April

5 questions to ask before you move

Headaches associated with moving can multiply if you don’t find the right movers
The worst thing a sports star can do in the eyes of collectors (Hint: Not murder)

Steroids, infidelity and murder charges can heavily devalue memorabilia.
There’s a dating site for fans of Donald Trump – and 34 singles already signed up

The new dating site is planning to release an app this week.
What you need to know about the Costco-AmEx breakup (and the new Visa)

Visa is coming. What to do next if you’re an American Express cardholder.

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30 yr fixed Jumbo	4.61%
30 yr fixed	3.75%
15 yr fixed	2.91%
10 yr fixed	2.76%
30 yr fixed refi	3.79%
15 yr fixed refi	2.99%
5/1 ARM	2.93%
5/1 ARM refi	3.08%

National averages from Bankrate.com

$30K HELOC	4.59%
$50K HELOC	4.38%
$75K HELOC	4.37%
$100K HELOC	4.06%
$30K Home Equity Loan	4.53%
$50K Home Equity Loan	4.16%
$75K Home Equity Loan	4.16%
$100K Home Equity Loan	4.10%

National averages from Bankrate.com

5 yr CD	1.25%
2 yr CD	0.73%
1 yr CD	0.53%
MMA $10K+	0.22%
MMA $50K+	0.33%
MMA Savings	0.22%
MMA Savings Jumbo	0.35%

National averages from Bankrate.com

60 Mo Used Car	2.66%
48 Mo Used Car	2.74%
36 Mo Used Car	3.25%
72 Mo New Car	3.05%
60 Mo New Car	3.37%
48 Mo New Car	3.28%
60 Mo Auto Refi	2.94%
36 Mo Auto Refi	2.70%

National averages from Bankrate.com

	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%
Cash Back	15.30%	15.30%	15.27%
Reward	15.30%	15.30%	15.09%
Instant Approval	18.04%	18.04%	18.00%
Bad Credit	22.56%	22.56%	22.73%

Source: CreditCards.com

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.

Are separate bank accounts fair when one person works part-time?

This wife runs out of money, while her husband has extra to spend on himself.
My father-in-law married his girlfriend before he died — now she won’t return our calls

This patriarch died without a will and left his son in limbo.
My father left his home to his kids — my stepmother sold it for $1 million

He made his wishes clear, but his second wife had other ideas.
My wife and I don’t trust anyone to be executor of our will

Is it OK to appoint a stranger as executor of your will?

Here’s where the most retirees are moving — and why

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...
Should you assume you’ll live until 100 for your nest egg?

I’m working with a financial adviser who suggests that, for planning purposes, my nest egg should last until I reach age 100.
Could annuities be more valuable when rates are low?

There’s a case to be made for the approach
Are counties major players in public pension plans?

Not generally, but California, Maryland, and Virginia are major exceptions

Aaron Katsman

Have you thought about how you are going to spend your retirement?

Many retirees have a specific idea of what they want to do after they’re done working, travel, for instance, but they have often given little thoug...
Stan Haithcock

Your financial adviser should not be your friend

There are a lot of things your financial advisor should be to you, but a friend is not one of them.
Andrew Murdoch

Red flags rise in 2016 for the recently retired

Sequence-of-return risk is a real possibility for those close to retiring, as we have already had one negative-return year from stocks, and another...
Kenneth Roberts

The advantages of health-savings accounts

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 ...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to raze four homes with views of his house

Social media tycoon doesn’t want his neighbors in Palo Alto, Calif., peeking into his and wife Priscilla Chan’s back yard or master bedroom.
How paying down credit cards faster will get you in a new home

Fannie Mae to reward borrowers who don’t keep high credit card balances starting in June
Toll Brothers profit jumps in second quarter, beating views

House-builder Toll Brothers Inc. on Tuesday said profit for the fiscal second quarter rose to $89.1 million, or 51 cents a share, from $67.9 milli...
Watch a rash of million-dollar homes break out across San Francisco and New York

A new study seems to come out daily chronicling the absurd surge in home prices in some of America’s hottest real-estate markets. This might be the...
Helping India's Poor Build Homes

India's Swarna Pragati Housing Microfinance, a Financial Inclusion Challenge 2016 finalist, offers housing loans to low-income families. Photo/Vide...

Boston

Rising home prices in Boston prompt more sellers to list

Strong home sales in the greater Boston area have resulted in steady price appreciation over the past several months. These price gains are bringin...
Dallas

Dallas real estate market is going wild as homes are snapped up in days

Dallas real estate continues to push the limits on home sales. As the country's home prices continue to rise, Dallas follows right along.
Washington, D.C.

Washington home buyers deal with multiple offers in an unusual way

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 ...
New York

New York’s Tribeca maintains lofty celebrity status, at $2,000-plus per foot

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...