Annuity Sales Were Hot in 2024. Here’s How Hot.
As interest rates fell last year, demand shifted from fixed-rate deferred annuities to registered indexed-linked and ...
Next-Generation Advisor Kenneth Chavis IV Shares What He Has Learned Working With Wealthy Clients
Kenneth Chavis IV, a senior wealth advisor at Versant Capital Management, is helping to build out the firm’s family office ...
Wall Street Calms Down After DeepSeek Selloff
Investors were feeling a little more relaxed on Tuesday, with stock futures rebounding after the rapid rise of Chinese ...
Fed Could Keep Interest Rates on Hold Until Mid-2026
The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged at Wednesday's rate decision, and could keep them at the same level until mid-2026, BNP Paribas's Anis Bensaidani said in a note. U.S.
10-Year Yield Rises After White House Tariff Comments
The bond market doesn't like tariffs, but the White House has no intention of backing down. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the Feb. 1 date for tariffs on Canada and Mexico stil ...
Tech Stocks Are Rising, but Not Much Else Is
Technology stocks may be rebounding from yesterday’s selloff, but they’re leaving the rest of the market behind. With the S&P 500 up 0.4% on Tuesday, only 163 of the stocks that make up the index were ...
U.S. Consumers Lose Confidence at Start of Trump Second Term
Confidence among U.S. consumers weakened for a second-straight month, reflecting retreating optimism of both current and future conditions at the start of President Trump's second term and ...
Stocks Shoot Higher After Cautious Open
The Nasdaq Composite is bouncing back. The tech-heavy index was gaining steam as the morning rolled on; it was up 1.1% around 10:30 a.m. ET after opening with slight gains. The S&P 500 was up 0.5%.
Treasury Yields Rise as Durable Goods Orders Shrink Again
Treasury yields rise ahead of an expected pause in interest-rate cutting by the Fed tomorrow and following a global fight for safety yesterday. Markets are calming down after the shock caused by China ...
Stocks Are Wavering After DeepSeek Selloff
The stock market was struggling to claw back from yesterday’s DeepSeek selloff. The S&P 500 was up 0.2% shortly after the market opened. The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.4%. The Dow Jones Industrial ...
DeepSeek Is Top-of-Mind for Markets. Don't Forget the Fed.
The rapid rise of Chinese startup DeepSeek's new artificial intelligence model sparked a massive selloff Monday–and that's stolen the spotlight from what would usually be a big market-moving event.
DeepSeek Rocks Asian Markets, but European Stocks Rise
Asian stocks followed their U.S. counterparts by falling on Tuesday, but European indexes were climbing as investors looked for ways to escape Monday's brutal tech selloff. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index ...