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Regulators worry insurers are underplaying the dangers of a product tied to the performance of the U.S. stock market

What can we learn about the chance of a U.S. recession next year? We review the key data to monitor.

Expect more violence in the middle east following the assassination of Iran's most prominent and proficient General.

Bonds, gold, and crude are on the rise today after last night's U.S. strike in the Middle East, while major stock indices gave back much of their gains from Thursday in pre-market trading. It's important to keep an eye o...

Things that would have been easily fixed a decade ago, or even five years ago, will soon be unsolvable by conventional means. And central bankers are the ones to blame.

A sharp economic slowdown, paired with growing political tension, make a bad mix for India's relatively expensive equity market.

Despite what seems like an improving backdrop, manufacturers' moods keep souring.

Moscow gives its usual response, while foreign policy analysts there see a bigger picture: UN arms embargo 2020.

This should be the year of the three Big Es--earnings, the economy and the election.

No, as per Trefis Price estimate Microsoft's stock has a fair value of $158, which is in line with the current market price. Microsoft is a technology company that makes money from the sale of software and hardware for c...

Electric vehicle major Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) had a strong 2019, with its stock price soaring by close to 35% through the year driven by growing revenues and better cost management, which has enabled to company to post sur...

Protests are taking a huge toll on Hong Kong. Two key sectors of the economy issue warnings.

Freeport-McMoRan's (NYSE: FCX) expenses are largely driven by cost of sales, which accounted for 85% of its total expenses in 2018. As a percentage of revenue, cost of sales accounts for 72% of revenues. However, this is...

Ask Encore: A checklist for avoiding complacency after a red-hot year for stocks and nest eggs. Also, what the Secure Act means for your retirement plans.

Shares of security and defense companies rose, defying the downward trend in the broader stock market, as some investors wagered that tensions between Iran and the U.S. would keep building after the recent airstrike.

BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) very likely incurred around $4.3 billion in 2019 on Compensation & Benefits as well as Operating Expenses (which includes general and administrative, direct fund expenses, and distribution, servicin...

Oil prices surged 4% and stocks fell sharply as Iran's vow of "harsh revenge" raised uncertainty about global energy costs.

HSBC Holdings has suffered a backlash over an account closure in Hong Kong, with protesters vandalizing branches and cash machines, making it the latest multinational affected by social unrest and deepening political div...

Transaction Processing Fees contribute the most to Mastercard's (NYSE: MA) top line, with an average revenue share of almost 35% over the last 3 years. It has added around $2.3 billion to net revenues over 2016-2018, whi...

U.S. government-bond prices climbed sharply after a U.S. airstrike killed an Iranian military leader and new data damped hopes for a recovery in the manufacturing sector.

Following the Chinese Government's directive for the country's telecom companies to upgrade speed and reduce tariff, the shares of China Unicom (NYSE: CHU) have lost 30% of their value since March. In the last two years,...

It is notable that in a banner period for stocks, by one measure stock analysts weren't having nearly as good a year.