A client wants to pay off his mortgage with a retirement account distribution and is wondering about the short- and long-term financial ramifications.
Smith Barney, facing a rising number of broker departures from its branches, this month hit four ex-reps and a rival broker-dealer with a lawsuit.
Hard times are on the horizon for insurers as commercial mortgage exposure haunts carriers and capital levels shrink, according to Fitch.
Prices of existing single-family homes tumbled 18.2% on average in the fourth quarter of 2008, marking the biggest year-over-year price decline in 21 years
Americans' already battered confidence in the economy went into free fall in February, sinking to new lows.
Insurers have begun bidding for American Life Insurance Co., the life insurance unit of American International Group Inc.
