A look at what happens when interest rates start to rise.
Extrapolating from the specifics of this case, here are nine lessons that investors and policy makers can draw at this early stage.
LPL’s chief economic strategist writes that the firm expects U.S. GDP to grow 2.5% to 3% next year––below its post-World War II average but better than the past 6 1/2 years.
Some Boomers are working past retirement age because they like it; other Boomers are working later in life because they have to.
The growing divergence in central bank policies has created a great imbalance in the global economic order, meaning the rising dollar to trigger the next global financial crisis.
Despite recent turmoil, the high-yield sector should reward value-focused investors over the next 12 to 18 months.
The gig economy, and the independent contractor world in general, is almost completely divorced from anything that looks like a social safety network.
The stock market is behaving exactly as fundamentals suggest it should, but investors’ recent range of emotions suggest they have taken their eye off the ball.
The three most important issues for next year are the U.S. consumer, Chinese growth and energy prices.
The October jobs report on Friday provides a domestic green light for the Federal Reserve to raise rates when its policy-making committee meets, says Mohamed El-Erian.
Pick just about any hot stock or sexy startup, and beyond the hard numbers, there is often a great narrative about why this company is going to be the next great story.
The next set of results could have a big influence on whether the Fed raises rates soon.
We're reaching the point where continuing to punish Puerto Rico will be counterproductive.
A comparison between India and Brazil highlights the importance of a selective approach to emerging markets.
Our investment positioning is cautious, but reflects our view that the markets offer many opportunities, particularly among growth-oriented equities and convertibles, along with high yield.
The current assumption among analysts is that we will have an “earnings recession.” Presumably, it would be bad for the market, right? Not so fast.
Making money by identifying growth stocks with momentum characteristics isn’t as easy as it sounds.
There have been clear sector winners and losers so far in 2015, but momentum headed into 2016 could be shifting.
While recent job growth data has fallen short of expectations, our view is that the U.S. can still continue on its slow growth course through 2015.
Without some type of Republican internal agreement on at least whom to elect as speaker, it’s hard to see any resolution to the debt ceiling debate.