Eight companies are looking to raise as much as $3.7 billion when they go public next week, the most activity the U.S. IPO market has seen in a single week in nearly two years.
While the recession has taken a toll on Americans' ability to save money for college, there are some encouraging signs from families using Section 529 college savings plans, according to a trio of reports released today as part of College Savings Month.
Americans' wealth rose this spring for the first time in nearly two years, with stocks and home values gaining as the recession faded.
California's attorney general said Thursday his office is investigating Wall Street's big credit rating agencies to determine what role they may have played in the collapse of the financial markets.
The rule book for Wall Street may not change that much after all.
U.S. factories made more cars, clothing and other goods than expected in August, and inflation remained in check in the early stages of a broad economic recovery.
While most portfolio managers remain optimistic about global economic recovery, more managers are keeping additional cash on the side as they re-evaluate the markets, according to a new survey of fund managers.
Asset managers are courting RIAs with a slew of marketing and education materials. Yet, advisers aren't always impressed with the outreach, according to a new survey from Morningstar and SwanDog.
The Senate bill contains tax credits for low- and middle-income families, but the House bill has proposals that would affect high earners.
Genworth Financial Inc. yesterday kicked off a $500 million public stock offering of its Class A shares.
Your client has invested in an LLC or LLP that sustains losses. Since the IRS considers him or her to be a limited partner, the losses are considered passive and the client is unable to offset salary and investment income with the losses.
Retail sales jumped in August, spurred by widespread gains beyond the increases of auto and gasoline sales that economists expected.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said today that the worst recession since the 1930s is probably over.
U.S. inflation at the wholesale level shot up at double the expected rate in August as gasoline prices soared by the largest amount in a decade.
The New York Insurance Department will hold a public hearing tomorrow on the marketing of life insurance and annuities, specifically focusing on suitability of sales to seniors.
