Here’s why mortgage rates keep rising — even though the Fed plans to keep interest rates low
The Federal Reserve is planning to stay the course in keeping interest rates low — but that isn’t necessarily music…
Fed should ‘switch’ up its playbook and buy more Treasurys, fewer mortgage bonds, urge analysts
Central bank watchers want Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to keep on his toes as the U.S. ramps up its…
Mortgage rates soar above 3% — how high can they go before they scare off homebuyers?
Interest rates are rising quickly, and that has some worried about the effect that movement will have on the U.S.…
Mining stocks have surged in a struggling U.K. market — and have 2 more tailwinds
It’s been a pretty impressive 12 months for the world’s leading miners. The FTSE 350 mining index 156995, -0.22% — which includes diversified…
A pandemic paradox: Americans’ credit scores continue to rise as economy struggles — here’s why
If you looked at Americans’ credit scores lately, you might conclude that most people in the U.S. are financially healthy.…
Opinion: Bill Gates explains why he’s optimistic about preventing catastrophic climate change, even as he warns we have ‘no time to waste’
Connie Hedegaard: Let me start with a confession: For years, I thought you were not particularly interested in climate change.…
Rio Tinto pays out biggest dividend in its 148-year history
Rio Tinto on Wednesday reported its best annual earnings since 2011, and declared its biggest dividend in its history, after…
Oil futures reach 13-month high as global stocks advance with U.S. markets shut
The rally in commodities that some say is the start of a supercycle continued on Monday, buoying resource stocks. The…
Opinion: As competition with China heats up, U.S. races to bolster supplies of critical materials
As if the pandemic, millions of lost jobs, and scores of other problems aren’t top of mind with President Joe…
‘Most people would seriously be stunned if they knew just how many credit scores there are’: Why your FICO score differs from Credit Karma
That’s the question many Twitter TWTR, +0.02% users were asking this week, after scores of tweets about the personal-finance management…