What are today's mortgage interest rates: May 14, 2026?
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With the next Federal Reserve meeting not scheduled until June 16, homebuyers and owners looking to refinance may understandably be under the impression that today’s mortgage rates aren’t likely to change anytime soon.
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Read More‘He is retired’: Should my husband take his Social Security at 62 and invest it?
Dear Quentin,
My husband is 61. I’m 57 and still working.
He is retired,
War, inflation and Trump’s tariffs have shaken the US. Why does the stock market keep going up?
It was a dark Friday for Wall Street on 27 March. Oil prices were climbing and the war with Iran raged on. Markets responded accordingly, with the Dow and Nasdaq entering correction territory, falling more than 10% below their peak, after a month of selloffs.
Fast forward seven weeks later to 13 May,
Read MoreTrump’s pick for Federal Reserve Chair confirmed by Senate
Kevin Warsh, nominated by President Donald Trump as the next chair of the Federal Reserve, was confirmed Wednesday by the Senate in a 54-45 vote.
Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman joined all Republicans in voting to confirm Warsh.
Warsh will replace Fed chair Jerome Powell, who has served as chair of the Federal Reserve since 2018.
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Read MoreTech stocks today: OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic
A dispute over semiconductor workers’ bonuses in Korea could upend global technology supply chains and weigh on South Korea’s economy, as Samsung’s (016360.KS) labor union has threatened to go on strike on May 21 for 18 days.
On Sunday, Samsung and the union agreed to extend negotiations after the first round of government-mediated talks failed and a South Korean court granted a partial injunction that could compel workers to show up amid a strike,
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Read MoreThe Burst
1 Popular Stock To Flee Immediately
Airbnb has been on a tear since 2020 when it reported losses of $3 billion in a single quarter. Lockdowns sparked concerns that the company would not survive a world without travel but soon hope emerged that life would return to normal and the financials soon followed.
A full U-turn followed with the company growing the top and bottom lines at a rapid pace.
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Forget NVIDIA, Buy This AI Stock?
Oh sure, NVIDIA may get the headlines but perhaps an under-the-radar AI play is where your attention should be flowing.
ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) is the only company in the world that produces extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, a critical technology for the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing.
For TSMC, who is crucial in the semiconductor supply chain,
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
SoFi: The Trojan Horse of Banking?
This is the remarkable story of how SoFi, a firm that began as a student lender, has become the trojan horse of the banking industry.
The story begins with the stats. In the United States, 43.4 million people have outstanding federal student loans, which equates to nearly 20 percent of the nation’s adult population.