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Asian shares have mostly advanced despite lingering worries about the U.S. banking sector and inflationary pressures

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Wednesday closed down -0.38%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.68%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.64%. Stock indexes Wednesday settled mixed, with the S&P 500...

Part of the job of the Federal Reserve (also known as the Fed) is to ensure stability throughout the economy so that its monetary policies can be effectively implemented. And sometimes, that means bailing out banks when they make bad investments. The Fed is often called the “lender of the…

Trading of First Republic Bank shares were halted multiple times today, as investors sold off shares, alarmed by financial disclosures from the bank.

Interest rates are extremely important -- especially when you're trying to sell more vehicles.

After years of paying low rates for savers, banks are finally offering better interest on deposits

Shares are mostly lower in Asia in narrow trading after they barely budged again on Wall Street following a mixed batch of earnings reports from big U.S. companies

With the onset of the earnings season, Community Bank System, Inc. (CBU), Xencor, Inc. (XNCR), and Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (SFST) seem primed for downward price pressure due to their weak fundamentals. Hence, these stocks could be ideal candidates for shorting. Continue reading….

Traders are betting on another round of Fed rate hikes. Investors aren't so convinced.

Many experts think the U.S. economy is heading toward a recession—here is what that means and how to prepare.

What Is the Federal Reserve’s Discount Window? The discount window, or “disco,” for short, is an interest rate offered by the Federal Reserve to help financial institutions with short-term credit needs, usually overnight. This rate is not available to the public; rather, it is designed to provide ...