U.S. Treasurys on Friday stabilize, capping an overall decline in long-dated yields, which saw government paper test fresh lows on the back of weakening inflation expectations.
Hackers can steal your identity, file taxes and get a refund from the IRS.
Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic storm ever, on Friday continued its devastating track in the Caribbean, barreling through the Bahamas and remaining on path to hit Florida this weekend as a “life-threatening” weather system.
Hurricane Irma is bearing down on Florida and getting the blame for some weakness in stocks. History shows that major hurricanes have a limited impact on the market’s aggregate performance, but the size of this storm could have an outsize impact on individual stocks and industry groups, say analysts at J.P. Morgan.
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Apathy might not sound like a sensible investment philosophy, but many investors spend too much time worrying about risks that will likely never materialize, says Barry Ritholtz.
Weekly flows into global mutual funds suggest that investors still like bonds, still buying dips and are falling in love with gold, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts.
The hackers had access to data from May until July 2017, which included Social Security numbers.
Equifax Inc. faces several short-term challenges in the wake of a massive data hack that could have compromised the personal information of up to 143 million Americans, but analysts are not panicking yet given the small potential revenue impact to the credit reporting firm and how past data hacks have affected companies.
Market Snapshot: Stock market books weekly loss as‘life-threatening’ Hurricane Irma aims for Florida
U.S. stock indexes close mostly lower Friday, finishing a holiday-shortened week with modest losses, as investors trade cautiously ahead of a potential missile test by North Korea and Hurricane Irma’s arrival on the Florida coast over the weekend.Source: http://www.marketwatch.com/