Mortgage interest rates fell this past week, but not by much. Rates for 30-year mortgages averaged just a hair under 7% at 6.99%, Freddie Mac reported in its weekly rates report. Last week’s average for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages was just over 7%. Both last week’s and this week’s rates are…

Investment Thesis BlackBerry’s (NYSE:BB) stock jumps 8% premarket on the back of its fiscal Q1 2024 report. And yet, I remain bearish on this stock. I contend that this cheer from investors is little more than a relief rally that its earnings results weren’t worse. Essentially, I argue that this…

Nigel Farage emerged from the Three Jays pub in Jaywick halfway through England’s lacklustre showing against Slovenia on Tuesday. He had come outside, with a cigarette and a glass of gin in hand, to discuss the sometimes-faltering performance of his own team, the populist Reform UK party.Volunteers are stretched wafer…

Investing.com – The U.S. dollar edged higher in early European trade Wednesday, on course for its biggest monthly gain since September, while the euro retreated after weak inflation data. At 04:45 ET (09:45 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, traded 0.1%…

By Brigid Riley TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s benchmark rallied to 34-year highs on Friday and was on the cusp of eclipsing the all-time peak reached during the hey days of the nation’s bubble economy in the 1980s. The index blew past the post-economic bubble era record of 38,188.74, putting it on…

Medicare beneficiaries need to know the changes taking place in in 2024 and 2025. The changes begin with the inflation adjustments for various Medicare features. The monthly basic Part B Medicare premium increased by $9.80 (or 5.94%) to $174.70 on January 1. The annual Part B deductible increased by $14…

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Only 33% of student loan holders have been making regular payments since they started up again in October – and about half are looking to use an income-driven repayment plan or are seeking outright forgiveness, according to a Civic Science survey. Student loan payments picked up again last October after…

eBay customers will no longer be able to use American Express credit cards to pay for purchases on the online marketplace come mid-August. The e-commerce company said in a statement to FOX Business that “unacceptably high fees American Express charges for processing credit card transactions” have prompted it to cease…

We recently noticed that Moncler’s stock price (OTCPK:MONRF) has underperformed the market (Fig 1), and this was due to a few sell-side analysts who started cutting the company’s target price. The group has strong market positions in outerwear and a top-performing team that has successfully implemented product diversification to reduce…