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Bernie Sanders And Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezs Interest-rate Cap Could Be The Death Knell For Credit-card Rewards Programs
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The lawmakers want to cap interest rates on credit cards and other loans at 15%. Read more
The New York Post: Countrywide Founder Angelo Mozilo Says For Some Unknown Reason, I Got Blamed For Subprime Crisis
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Speaking at an exclusive hedge fund conference in Las Vegas this week, the disgraced former head of Countrywide Financia... Read more
Outside The Box: The U.S. Stock Markets Uptrend Has Been Shattered, According To Technical Analysis
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The S&P 500 Index has rejected new highs, says Sven Henrich. Read more
Outside The Box: Lax Standards For Home Equity Lines Of Credit Echo Bubble-era Madness
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Homeowners with second mortgages could be threatened if housing prices decline, writes Keith Jurow. Read more
Economic Report: Banks Have Eased Lending Terms For Business Clients This Year, Fed Survey Finds
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Banks eased lending terms to large and middle-sized commercial borrowers in the first quarter, according to a Federal Re... Read more
Deep Dive: Aerospace And Defense Stocks, Even Boeing, Are Easily Outpacing The Broader Market This Year
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Industry sales are strong, reflecting positive trends for air travel and U.S. defense spending. Read more
Americans Living Standards Are At An All-time High. Heres Proof
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Income stagnation is a myth, and income inequality comes with prosperity, writes economist Ed Yardeni. Read more
Republicans And Democrats Cite The Same Federal Reserve Data In High-stakes Debate On Payday Lenders
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The public has until May 15 to comment on a CFPB proposal to roll back Obama-era restrictions on payday loans. Read more
Dont Believe This Myth About Social Security
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The program has issues, but it’s not as far gone as some people think. Read more
The Wall Street Journal: Pro-crypto CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton Dies At 58
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Chilton helped draft new rules for swaps trading after the financial crisis. Read more
Capitol Report: As Industry Spends Millions On Lobbying, Congress Moves On Retirement Legislation
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The financial industry has engaged in significant lobbying on legislation that would revamp the U.S. retirement system, ... Read more
Advisers Can Vaporize Your Money But Have No Insurance To Pay You Back
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Big advisory firms have coverage, but small ones? Not so much. Read more
Mortgages? Big Banks May Be Throwing In The Towel
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Big banks are increasingly coming to a reckoning that making mortgages is no longer the best business to be in, if earni... Read more
TaxWatch: On Tax Day, Heres A Tale Of Two Returns — One Nasty And One Nice
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Tax-return stories this year go from ‘great expectations’ to ‘bleak house.’ Read more
Howard Gold's No-Nonsense Investing: Uber IPO Has 4 Big Red Flags That Should Alarm You
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Like Lyft, ride-sharing giant Uber has no clear path to profitability, writes Howard Gold. Read more
Retired Or Retiring Soon? Its Time To Fund A Roth IRA
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Plan wisely and you can hit that Roth ‘sweet spot’ Read more
The Retirement Crisis Is Bad For Everyone — Especially These People
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Low-income workers are worse off, but the system even fails high earners, one study found. Read more
Earnings Outlook: Risk Of An Earnings Recession Rises, As S&P 500 Profits To Fall For First Time In 3 Years
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Investors should brace themselves for the first negative print for S&P 500 earnings in nearly three years and for th... Read more
2020 Democrats Want To Overhaul A Student-loan Forgiveness Program For Public Servants
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat and 2020 hopeful introduced a bill to revamp the PSLF program Read more
Outside The Box: These Risk-taking Mortgage Lenders Could Trigger The Next Housing Crisis
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Giving non-bank lenders guaranteed access to capital safeguards the entire banking system, writes Sanjiv Das. Read more