Timing is everything, especially in a housing market that has been less than dependable lately. So if you want to get the best price for your home in the shortest amount of time, you’d better list it next week, at least according to realtor.com. Homes listed in the first week of April get 14 percent … Read more
Borrowers and buyers awoke to a new normal in housing affordability last week, as mortgage rates dropped to the lowest level in more than a year and are now expected to stay low for a while. Mortgage applications jumped 8.9 percent last week from the previous week and 5.7 percent from a year earlier, according … Read more
Tech companies are bracing investors for what could be the worst quarter from a revenue perspective in more than six years. With first-quarter earnings season just a few weeks away, information technology firms have been revising their forward guidance considerably lower. In all, 31 companies have issued negative revenue guidance, which is well above the … Read more
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s assertion this week that the U.S. economy remains strong is facing a stern test from the bond market. In fact, government fixed income yields are delivering, by one measure, a possible recession indication that hasn’t happened since 2007 — RECOMMENDED — Learn How You Could DOUBLE or TRIPLE Your Account … Read more
Passive investing has now taken over nearly half the stock market as more investors shun stock-pickers and flock to index funds. Market share for passively managed funds has risen to 45 percent, up a full point from June 2018, according to data this week from Bank of America Merrill Lynch. That continues a trend over … Read more
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It’s a question asked in a foreboding tone when markets behave a certain way: “What does the bond market know that the stock market doesn’t?” The market behavior that prompts this query is a decline in Treasury yields coinciding with rising stock prices, and it’s what we’re seeing so far this year. The 10-year Treasury … Read more
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General Electric told shareholders on Thursday the embattled conglomerate expects 2019 earnings to be below what analysts anticipated as it continues to be plagued by problems in its power business. GE expects 2019 adjusted earnings between 50 cents and 60 cents a share, below the 70 cents a share Wall Street expected in a Refintiv … Read more