Inflation impacts everything from the cost of groceries to housing to gas and much more. To save money, you’ll need to be smart about slashing monthly expenses everywhere you can. These tips will show you how.  Key Takeaways Track your spending. If you don’t know where your money is going, you can’t cut unnecessary expenses. […]

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares retreated Monday in Asia after China reported lackluster economic indicators for November, while bitcoin surged to fresh highs, topping $106,000. Oil prices fell and U.S. futures were little changed. Bitcoin was trading at $104,742 early Monday, up 3.4% but down from an earlier high of $106,495. The price of the cryptocurrency

The European Central Bank delivered an expected quarter-point interest rate cut this week — and alongside the announcement came several indications that rates will swiftly move even lower early next year. ECB President Christine Lagarde did note during her Thursday press conference that policymakers gathered in Frankfurt did not believe the fight against inflation is

Most bonds mature eventually and are redeemed after periods of months, years, or even decades. And then there are so-called perpetual bonds. These bonds have no maturity date and just keep paying interest to the holder forever. On Tuesday, the owner of a perpetual bond that was issued 400 years ago received a payment at

Wall Street is full of some of the sharpest investors in the world. Professional fund managers tend to be highly educated, hard-working, and extremely smart. So, finding a way to outperform these finance whizzes might seem impossible. But it doesn’t take a highly complex trading plan to come out ahead of 98% of professional mutual

If you’re in your late 30s and 40s, you’ve got plenty of time to increase your future Social Security checks—and it’s not too soon to start. These three strategies can help you get a bigger check when it comes time to collect your Social Security and retire.  Key Takeaways Peak earning years are the perfect

A customer with a cart chooses cheese at the Okey supermarket in St. Petersburg.  Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Russia’s central bank is expected to carry out a mammoth rate hike later this week as inflation continues to soar in the war-focused economy. Russia’s consumer price index continues to rise despite repeated rate

Buy bank stocks! That’s the overwhelming consensus among strategists heading into 2025. Notable names including Bank of America’s Savita Subramanian, BMO’s Brian Belski, and Wells Fargo’s Chris Harvey are among the bulls for financial stocks. The catalysts are clear: a strong economy, expectations of deregulation under President-elect Donald Trump, attractive valuations, and lower interest rates.

Source: TradingView.com Palantir shares are likely to be in the spotlight on Monday after the Nasdaq announced late Friday that the analytics software provider had been added to the Nasdaq 100 Index. The stock has continued to trend sharply higher after breaking out from a cup and handle pattern, though the relative strength index cautions

Lululemon Athletica (LULU 0.59%) has risen up the ranks and successfully carved out a niche in the competitive apparel sector. Its shares have been a big winner, climbing 672% in the past decade (as of Dec. 12), a gain that beats the broad S&P 500. The consumer discretionary stock got a boost recently after management