Interest rates on six-month Treasurys hit their lowest level on record and three-month bills their lowest point in 11 months in Monday's auction of T-bills.
These days, money market funds are investing only the safest securities.
MBIA Insurance Corp. will reinsure a $184 billion portfolio of bonds previously backed by the troubled Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.
The SEC today ordered that corporations use the interactive data standard XBRL for regulatory filings to make it easier for investors to analyze the information.
John Brown told Bloomberg that the insurer would either divide its guarantee business into two entities or raise capital.
Financial Guaranty Insurance Co. wants to split itself into two companies.
Tensions at home were mounting after Jeremy Field lost a second construction job as the recession hit. He spent his days on the Internet and the phone looking for work. His wife, Kelly, who had been home caring for their toddler son, reluctantly returned to teaching preschool. But her part-time work meant a huge cut in wages and benefits, forcing them to sell a car and slash Christmas spending.
Wall Street is looking at a stronger open on news that Bank of America Corp. will repay its $45 billion in government bailout money.
FundQuest has added Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Co.'s Personal Retirement Annuity to its platform, marking the first time that the Fidelity variable annuity will be available to fee-based advisers through a managed-account provider.
Stocks are sliding modestly in early morning trading after a new report showed the economy grew at a slower pace in the third quarter than first anticipated.
Terra Nova Financial LLC, a Chicago-based broker, has been fined $400,000 by federal regulators who say the firm made unauthorized payments to clients, including money to cover one hedge fund manager's visits to a “gentleman's club.”
Stock futures are giving up modest gains after a new report shows the economy grew at a slower pace in the third quarter than first anticipated.
A Wells Fargo Securities analyst today speculated that Prudential Financial Inc. may target ING's U.S. retirement business as an acquisition.
Financial advisers beware: All Roth IRA conversion calculators are not created equal.
Chances are, you have clients in financial distress, with a need for ready cash.
For investors in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, and that includes just about everyone who invests in mutual funds, the first 10 years of the 21st century will go down as a lost decade.
Stock futures are pointing to a higher opening Monday as investors try to snap a three-day losing streak.
