Economy & Markets
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Don't Expect Big Social Security COLAs to Become a Trend
By Ginger SzalaStephen Goss of the Social Security administration gave perspective to Wednesday's 2022 COLA announcement.
October 12, 2021
Only Half of Institutional Investors Expect to Meet Target Returns by 2025: FidelityRespondents widely said they had been forced to take on more risk to achieve the same level of return.
October 12, 2021
15 Highest-Paid CEOs in Financial Services: 2021As the stock market ballooned, so did top execs' pay packages.
October 11, 2021
Gensler's Terrible 10: SEC Rules That Make Wall Street TrembleThe SEC chair is laying out one of the most ambitious agendas in the SEC's 87-year history -- some 49 proposals, many already drawing opposition.
October 11, 2021
Goldman, JPMorgan Say Buy the Dip as Inflation Is TransitoryThe strategists expect the surge in consumer prices, fueled by higher energy costs, will fade.
October 08, 2021
Fidelity Finds 50% Jump in Women Investing Outside of Retirement AccountsAnd self-directed female investors outperform their male counterparts, according to an analysis of 5.2 million accounts.
October 08, 2021
Global Corporate-Tax Overhaul Advances as 136 Nations Sign OnRepublicans warned the Biden administration against "circumventing the Senate's constitutional treaty authority."
October 08, 2021
Super Rich Now Hold More Wealth Than All of the Middle ClassThe top 1% represents about 1.3 million households who each roughly make more than $500,000 a year.