The states with the cheapest 30-year new purchase mortgage rates Thursday were New York, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, California, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The eight states registered averages between 6.79% and 6.97%. Meanwhile, the states with the highest averages Wednesday were Alaska, Kansas, West Virginia, Wyoming, Iowa, Nebraska, Maine, and North Dakota. The range […]

The U.S. military is prepared to deploy to help contain the wildfires that have devastated Los Angeles, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell said Sunday. “There are active duty military personnel that are on a ‘prepare to deploy’ order, that are ready to go in and continue to support the firefighting effort,” in an interview

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Tesla, one of the largest companies in the world with a market cap above $1 trillion, still remains a viable investment opportunity. But investors who correctly identify the next Tesla could stand to make the greatest gains investing in electric vehicle (EV) stocks. Quite a few metrics suggest Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) possibly being the

Good news is bad news again. At least as far as the stock market is concerned. Wall Street concluded an already softer week with a thud Friday after the December jobs report came in much hotter than expected. The S & P 500 lost 1.54% in the session and 1.94% for the week. The Nasdaq

Future returns remain investors’ primary concern. However, looking at past stock returns can also impart wisdom. That’s because it can help you see what the company did and did not accomplish, and how the stock price reacted. It’s also important to compare the return against an appropriate benchmark. Turning to a familiar retail name, how

The states with the cheapest 30-year mortgage refinance rates Thursday were New York, California, Florida, Mississippi, Virginia, Montana, Louisiana, and Minnesota. The seven states registered 30-year refi averages between 6.81% and 7.15%. Meanwhile, the states with the highest refinance rates on Thursday were Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Arizona, Nevada, Ohio, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Utah. The

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(Bloomberg) — Wall Street banks’ outlook for the year will be in the crosshairs after a disappointing first look at earnings from Jefferies Financial Group Inc. and a blowout jobs report that fanned inflation fears. Most Read from Bloomberg The Federal Reserve’s recent reticence to keep up the pace of interest-rate cuts was backed by