Freddie Mac has announced a sharp increase in the 30-year fixed-mortgage rate. Information released by the agency says that rates moved to 5.29% for the week ending today, up from 4.91% a week ago.A...
Source: Courtesy EADS/AirbusWhen you see a blowout in durable goods, you usually have to get the reminder that the number is one of the most volatile of all economic releases and can be wildly up or...
Mark Twain and Will Rogers shared a sentiment. As Twain said, “Buy land, they’re not making it anymore”.It would have been interesting to ask each man what he thought about the value of the...
The striking thing about Thursday morning's announcement that Tesla plans a secondary offering is that its shares traded higher afterward.
Source: Jim Henderson, via Wikimedia CommonsFor those who had hoped that Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) would break out of its multiyear revenue and earnings funk, think again. After too many...
The U.S. government appears finally to be ready to review its categorization of marijuana as a dangerous drug.
This article was written with the assistance of A.I. technology, and has been edited and fact-checked by Melly Alazraki. Vermont has the highest effective tax rate of any state, according to the Tax...
Tesla has been dominating the news flow with its incredible run but now we will be getting a bigger picture of the auto industry when rivals Ford and GM report their most recent quarterly results.
Mobile data demand growth is only going to continue to accelerate, and these three top stocks are the best way for aggressive accounts to play a space that should stay on fire.
Kohl’s shares retreated after it reported mixed fiscal third-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Thursday.
Arch Coal reported a larger-than-expected first-quarter 2015 net loss before markets opened Tuesday morning.
24/7 Wall St. has released its annual analysis of Companies Paying Americans the Least. Wal-Mart was at the top of the list. According to the report: Wal-Mart, the world’s largest company and...
The fiscal second quarter struck again, and investors and analysts alike are asking if Whole Foods can ever get this quarter right.
Amgen (AMGN-NASDAQ) is naming a new CFO.  Robert Bradway is replacing Richard Nanula, who is leaving to pursue other opportunities.  Bradway came to Amgen in 2006 and prior to that he was...