Student loans are rarely discharged in bankruptcy, so outstanding balances weigh on borrowers’ spending and saving ability for years. This matters for individuals and the economy as a whole. A lengthy ...

Unfortunately, many individuals and pensions hold high, inappropriate financial risk that pays rich fees to ‘advisors’ and ...

According to data compiled by Bloomberg Intelligence, analysts have cut their estimates for first-quarter S&P 500 earnings-per-share growth to 6.9% from 11.4% at the start of the year. See, US Profit ...

The trouble is that America is the most consumption-driven economy in the world. While Americans make up just 4.2% of the ...

CREA now expects 482,673 homes to be sold in 2025, a decline of 0.2% from 2024, and much weaker than the 8.6% increase in ...

At the moment, falling revenue projections and rising input costs are pushing earnings expectations in the opposite direction ...

Trying to hold through deep declines is hard; most people understandably panic after they have sustained big losses. The final capitulation selling of all those who bought and held ‘high’ brings cycle ...

Companies borrow at a premium or spread rate above similar-dated Treasury bonds. Last week, high-yield spreads (companies ...

Buying assets with high loan-to-value ratios tends to magnify price cycles up and down. Leveraging assets like principal residences to get downpayments for other assets leads to a daisy chain of woe ...

Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO and Chief Strategist at QI Research, joins Jeremy Szafron of Kitco News to discuss why the U.S. may already be in a private-sector recession. From rising layoffs and ...