I'm a mother, 48, of three girls. I earn $200,000 and have a $576,000 mortgage. Should I take out a $60,000 home-equity loan and upgrade my BMW X3?
I am a 48-year-old single mom of three girls - two of whom still live with me and are fully dependent on me. I make a little over $200,000 a year. I have a mortgage of $576,000 at 2% so my payment is ...
Abercrombie & Fitch's profit beats analysts' estimates but freight costs loom as stock falls
Adjusted profit of $2.50 a share beat the FactSet consensus estimate of $2.39 a share. Revenue increased 14% to a record of $1.21 billion, ahead of the analyst estimate of $1.19 billion. Abercrombie & ...
Consumer confidence jumps to 16-month high as Americans see the economy improving
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New-home sales plunge 17% in October
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Paying Attention to Investment Factors? You Should Be
Betting on different parts of the market is tricky business. That’s one takeaway from a “Periodic Table” of calendar-year returns for Morningstar Factor Indexes.* In any given year, a ...
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Ross says business is slower than before, and that it could have done better
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S&P/TSX Composite Index Ends 1.41% Higher at 25390.68, Record Close — Data Talk
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These teachers, firefighters, and other government workers are missing out on Social Security. This House-passed bill could help.
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North American Morning Briefing: Cautious Open Likely as CPI Report Eyed
President-elect Donald Trump has named Pete Hegseth, an Army veteran and Fox News host, as his choice for secretary of defense and John Ratcliffe, a hawkish former House lawmaker, to lead the Central ...
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Hoshizaki: Promising Top-Line Growth in Midterm Supported by Strong Overseas Growth
As the largest commercial kitchen equipment manufacturer in Japan, Hoshizaki utilizes its domestic network of 440 offices/branches to not only sell its products but to promptly provide maintenance ...