Interest Rates

Bank earnings season is off to a mixed start, and bank investors haven’t gotten the type of returns they had hoped for in a climate of rising interest rates. A major part of the problem: the flat yield curve. Here’s a closer look at what the yield curve is and why it matters. What Is...

Paul Tudor Jones, founder of Tudor Investment Corp. and the Robin Hood Foundation, sat down with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin Tuesday to discuss a plethora of investment topics.  The Trade War In Perspective Some of the biggest concerns on many investor minds are unintended consequences from...

The Federal Reserve concluded its June meeting by hiking interest rates a quarter percentage point. The seventh raise in two and a half years brings the federal funds rate to a range between 1.75 percent and 2 percent. “The stance of monetary policy remains accommodative, thereby supporting...

Life insurance stocks have underperformed the S&P 500 index in 2018 despite an interest rate hike and flat overall performance in equity markets. Investors should be selective in the group, which still has "pockets of opportunity," according to Goldman Sachs. The Analyst Goldman...

The overall macro environment continues to improve, which bodes well for a select group of REITs, according to Stifel. The Analyst Stifel's John Guinee made the following rating changes to REIT stocks under coverage: Highwoods Properties Inc (NYSE: HIW) upgraded from Hold to Buy with a price...

Federal Reserve officials met for the first time under new Fed Chairman Jerome Powell this week. What Happened The Fed raised the benchmark interest rate by one-quarter of a point to a range of 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent. The discount rate was raised from 2 percent to 2.25 percent. The...

The beginning of the fourth quarter picked up exactly where the third quarter ended, with the stock market sustaining its momentum and showing few signs of weakness. Investors who are in the process of balancing their portfolio and adding names may want to consider Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C), JPMorgan...

Having already laid the groundwork with two interest rate hikes this year, the Federal Open Market Committee took an unprecedented step to tighten its monetary policy Wednesday. As expected, the FOMC confirmed it would begin to contract its sizeable balance sheet and shrink its bond portfolio in...