Although sounding plausible enough—a smaller balance sheet would lead to lower short-term rates—it’s mostly a fairy tale.

According to Social Security Trustees, a 25.8% cut in 2034 benefits would be necessary. Johnson calculates a 25.8% reduction could cut lifetime Social Security income for beneficiaries at an average ...

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The IRS is on its seventh commissioner of the year, has lost one-quarter of its staff and is faced with implementing a raft of new regulations. Whether and how this turmoil could affect Americans ...

Shon J. Eckert and Megan McCoy will be awarded the Financial Planning Association’s 2025 Montgomery-Warschauer Award, the association’s top research award, for their work on behavioral finance, the ...

Assets under management, which are held in Fidelity’s own investment funds and managed accounts, reached $6.4 trillion at the end of June, up from $5.9 trillion at the end of March and $5.5 trillion a ...

The Cboe Volatility Index, which measures the expected 30-day volatility for the S&P 500—and dubbed Wall Street’s fear gauge—just fell to its lowest since December. A similar index for global ...

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made his most explicit call yet for the Federal Reserve to execute a cycle of interest-rate cuts, suggesting the central bank’s benchmark ought to be at least 1.5 ...

Private equity firms have been under pressure to return money to their investors as a dealmaking slump drags on for a third year. Distributions as a percentage of fund values tumbled to 7% as of the ...

Traders are snapping up risky assets of all stripes in the hope that falling U.S. interest rates will add rocket fuel to an economy that’s so far been able to withstand the effects of Donald Trump’s ...

Carson Group, the Omaha, Neb.-based national advisory network with more than $45 billion under management, has launched a "white-glove solutions" private client offering for its advisors.