A new fiduciary rule was unveiled by the Obama administration today.
The new protections, called fiduciary regulations, will require financial professionals to put their clients’ interests before their own financial gain when offering individualized retirement advice.
While this sounds like a positive development, let’s be clear: You were intentionally left out of the decision-making process.
And you'll have no say in how it affects you once it becomes law on Jan. 1, 2018...
Markets saw a big rally today, and they have the Fed's fickleness to thank for it.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average today jumped more than 110 points.
by Diane Alter
What we learned from the FOMC's March 15-16 meeting minutes is that policymakers are divided when it comes to the pace of hiking Federal Reserve interest rates and the health of the global economy.
Some are calling for an April hike, while others are leaning toward a more prudent approach.
Here's key details from today's release...
The Shanghai Accord conspiracy theory surfaced recently.
It links several of the world's central bank policymakers to a plot to kill the U.S. dollar.
The energy sector's top three objectives are admittedly essential for both economic development and acceptable human life.
But they also appear to be in conflict, if not in outright opposition...
The new rules from the U.S. Treasury and Congress on tax inversions will hurt U.S. corporate profits.
The Allergan/Pfizer deal makes these problems clear.
Here's what investors need to know about the new tax rules...
by Alex McGuire
Another day, another country speaking out about the OPEC meeting.
WTI crude oil prices saw gains today after an OPEC country renewed hopes that there will be an output freeze at the upcoming meeting.
But there's a bigger reason why prices are up today - and why they'll keep moving higher in 2016...
by Jack Delaney
The EMC stock price in 2016 is flat, despite Dell revealing plans in October to buy out the tech provider for $67 billion.
Dell recently announced plans to sell its non-core business in order to fund the deal, but Wall Street doesn't seem to care about the deal.
by Jack Delaney
The Under Armour stock split date is set for April 7, 2016, and shareholders as of March 28 will receive a 2-for-1 split.
The Class C shares that will be introduced will trade under the ticker UA.C.
In its quest to become more than just the king of e-commerce, Amazon has set its sights on global shipping and logistics.
Individual investors and Wall Street alike feel this is a poor time to invest in the other major shipping firms.
