Author: super@dmin
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China has a silver bullet in its trade-war arsenal
If China devalues the yuan, the country might think it can win the trade war and fix its massive debt overhang.
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Next Avenue: How to prepare for life’s big financial ‘what-ifs’
The author of ‘What Matters Most’ tells what she wishes she’d known before her husband died.
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Here’s how much more it will cost you to buy a home in a ‘gayborhood’
Communities with large LGBTQ populations continue to be hot spots for gentrification.
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Asia Markets: Asian markets pull back on fears of prolonged trade standoff
Asian markets fell in early trading Thursday as the U.S. and China appeared to brace for a prolonged trade standoff.
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The Wall Street Journal: GE plans on fixing financial arm — but first trains eye on power unit, CEO Culp says
Larry Culp, General Electric Co.’s chief executive, plans to set his sights on the company’s problematic financial-services business after he cuts overall debt and stabilizes its power-generation division, he told investors Wednesday.
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The Wall Street Journal: SEC accuses developer Robert Morgan of scamming investors
The federal government accused one of the nation’s largest landlords with running a “Ponzi scheme-like” effort using cash from small investors and with misleading banks to obtain bigger loans by using fake loan documents.
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The Fed: ‘For some time’ — Fed expects interest rates to remain steady, minutes show
Don’t expect any quick moves on interest rates from the U.S. central bank, minutes from the last Fed meeting show.
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Bank of America will offer mortgages without origination fees for a limited time
Savvy borrowers can saves thousands of dollars by leveraging competing offers from lenders.
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The Tell: More active managers are beating the stock market again thanks to the trade war: Goldman Sachs
Mutual funds are having one of their best years since the financial crisis, with 42% of large-cap active mutual funds outperforming their benchmarks so far in 2019, well above the 34% rate averaged during the last decade
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Late singer Aretha Franklin allegedly wrote three wills, but they may not be valid
You can write a will by hand, but you probably shouldn’t.