Trump’s ‘Apprentice’-style competition for Fed chair is down to 5 finalists. Here’s the front-runner.

The Trump White House is down to five finalists in its selection process for the next Federal Reserve chair, after saying two ...

Stock Market Today: Dow down more than 500 points after Trump's threat of new tariffs on China; S&P 500 and Nasdaq fall as U.S. stocks head for weekly loss

Follow all the latest U.S. market action for Friday here.

U.S. stocks turn lower, S&P 500 eyes first 1%-plus swing in months

U.S. stocks turned lower in midday trading on Friday. The benchmark S&P 500 was off by 83 points, or 1.3%, at 6,645, FactSet ...

Bond market flashes signs of worry over shutdown-induced economic damage

More than a week after the U.S. government’s partial shutdown began on Oct. 1, bond-market traders were starting to express a ...

What the new 2026 tax brackets mean for Roth IRA conversions

If you’re in early retirement — or close to it — you don’t want to gloss over the announcement of new tax brackets for 2026 ...

The new IRS tax brackets for 2026 are here. See where you fit in.

Despite its partial closure amid the government shutdown, the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday released details of its ...

Here are the 2026 capital-gains-tax rates for each income level

The IRS on Thursday released a batch of annual tax-code adjustments, including the income ranges needed to notch the ...

The fourth quarter’s biggest and best surprise for bulls could be an energy-price dividend, reckons Bank of America’s Michael Hartnett

There may be a peace dividend for asset markets after the historic agreement struck between Israel and the extremist group ...

Social Security’s COLA announcement is back on, as some furloughed workers return to produce September inflation report

Some furloughed government workers will return to work to produce a key inflation report for September, allowing for the ...

Andrew Lloyd Webber, the most successful Broadway composer ever, on why he never invests in his own shows

The composer of “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Cats,” “Evita” and many others, is enjoying a new — and busy — chapter in his ...

Traders talk of a 1999-like melt-up. But here’s what really happened back then.

The stock market seems to be taking a bit of a breather after registering another record high midweek. But bulls remain ...

I started collecting Social Security at 67, but I worked until 70. Will I get more money now?

I worked until I hit 70. I started receiving my Social Security at 67, my Full Retirement Age. Since I’ve continued to work, ...