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Wisdom Of Crowds? Ordinary Americans Beat Experts In Predicting Mortgage Rates

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Forecasts for mortgage rates from average American households have been pretty solid over the past few years, even as ma... Read more

Deep Dive: These 6 Stocks In The S&P 1500 Have More Than Doubled In 12 Months

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The stock market’s flip side: 15 have plunged at least 75%. Read more

This Flight Attendant Has Enough Money Saved To Retire At 44, But She Wants To Keep Working

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She hit her ‘FIRE number,’ saving 25 times her cost of living Read more

Deep Dive: The S&P 500 Just Hit A Record High — So Did These Stocks

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These 54 components of the S&P 500 rose to record levels too. Read more

TaxWatch: Wealthier Americans Were More Likely To Get Heftier Tax Refunds Under New Tax Law

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The new tax law made sweeping changes, but some income levels felt them more than others. Read more

A Strong Economy And Fed Rate Cuts: The Market Wants To “have Its Cake And Eat It Too”

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Investors are paradoxically betting on a Federal Reserve interest rate cut in July as well as strong economic growth ... Read more

Meet The Little Bank Thats Helping Immigrants Achieve Big American Dreams

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A community bank in Queens, New York, is redefining lending to people who don’t fit the traditional models of creditwo... Read more

U.S. And China Both Know A Severe Global Recession Is In The Cards Without A Trade Deal

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Also, both nations know a deal would boost their stock indexes. Read more

Project Syndicate: Every Currency Is Based On Trust, But Only A Fool Would Trust Facebooks Cryptocurrency

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Facebook is launching a cryptocurrency that would serve no legitimate purpose, writes Joseph E. Stiglitz. Read more

China Trade Truce Makes A Good Deal Less Likely — Heres Your Stock-market Game Plan

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Investors shouldn’t rule out the probability of no deal because Trump may decide to focus on the long-term good of the... Read more

Student-loan Servicer Cant Use Federal Law To Avoid Lawsuit Over Alleged Bad Advice

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The case is part of a broader fight on the boundaries of federal law in student-loan lawsuits. Read more

Outside The Box: 5 Reasons Why 2019 Has Been Golds Time To Glitter

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Low interest rates, tame inflation, political instability favor gold, writes Ed Yardeni. Read more

FA Center: Heres What Apple, Facebook And Other Big Tech Investors Can Learn From IBMs Antitrust Ordeal

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IBM beat the government, while AT&T was broken up. Guess which stock made more money. Read more

Outside The Box: The Retirement Plan Of The Future: Turning That Pot Of Money Into Monthly Income

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Workers are now responsible for a complex financial web in retirement. Read more

Trumps Plan For Health-care Pricing Could Expand This Lucrative Workplace Benefit

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A provision tucked inside the plan helps people with high-deductible health insurance plans make better use of their HSA... Read more

Deep Dive: Here Are The Stock Markets Winners And Losers In The First Half Of 2019

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Microsoft leads Dow components, while Tesla is the worst Nasdaq-100 stock, with a 33% slide. Read more

Social Capital: Black Millennials Less Likely To Own A Home Than Their Grandparents Were At Same Age

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The Great Recession took a big bite out of blacks’ wealth, and the effects are still hampering home ownership of black... Read more

Vitaliy Katsenelson's Contrarian Edge: Price Of These Promising Drug-related Stocks Shows Investors Are Too Cautious About The Health-care Sector

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Signs that health-care stocks are undervalued can’t be ignored, writes Vitaliy Katsenelson. Read more

How Would You Vote To Fix Social Security?

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Americans may want to delay fixing Social Security as long as they can, but they shouldn’t Read more

Capitol Report: Will Fannie And Freddie Get A New Sibling?

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The Trump administration and the Federal Housing Finance Agency are both making overtures toward getting the ability to ... Read more