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The 30-year mortgage averaged 6.09% on Sept. 19, according to Freddie Mac. It's a big drop from a 7.79% spike last October. Where are rates headed?...
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Mortgage applications have jumped to the highest levels since July 2022, driven by homeowners seeking to refinance their loans as rates drop. Applications to refinance or purchase a home in the week...
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In the estate-planning world, an irrevocable trust is the ultimate “no backsies” kind of trust. Once you set one of these up in order to give control of assets to heirs or to...
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In an era of skyrocketing tuition costs and student debt loads, founders of high-growth startups are opting for value and a public education....
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Asian shares pushed higher on Wednesday, again led by gains in China, after U.S. stocks climbed to more records in a quiet day of trading. Chinese property developers surged after Beijing announced a...
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Since the Fed announced its 0.5 percentage-point cut last week, the 10-year Treasury yield has actually increased to a three-week high, defying expectations....
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Although US home prices hit another record high, the silver lining is that the pace of increases has decelerated....
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Steep discounts and easing inflation will compel US shoppers to spend $240.8 billion online in November and December, up 8.4% from last year’s holiday shopping season and the biggest increase since...
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Any time you click on a targeted ad and reach for your wallet, or grab something that caught your eye at the supermarket checkout, you are making an impulse buy. And few of us, it seems, have much...
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The last time the economy and interest rates were this aligned, the Nasdaq soared 107% in 10 months, according to EMJ Capital's Eric Jackson....
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