An old idea to increase all Social Security recipients' benefits by the same dollar amount each year is gaining traction, but some say this would be a disaster for middle-income Americans. In 1987, ...

The latest inflation report points to a hard truth: The U.S. is not going back to a 2% inflation rate anytime soon. At least not easily. The Fed has some tools to reduce inflation. The question is ...

The midterm election season has entered its final stretch, and Wall Street is busy drawing up game plans for a range of scenarios. Yet, in a fortuitous turn of events, the best outcome for markets is ...

I was recently at a conference in Nashville this spring, when a guy grabbed my arm and said, "Matt. You have to see this.” He pulled up Zocks on his phone and showed me the transcript from a client ...

The Labor Department should scrap its proposed alternative-investments rule because it could fundamentally weaken what it means to be an ERISA fiduciary, according to a former top official at the ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh faces intense pressure to raise interest rates at next week’s policy meeting after a highly anticipated inflation report showed US consumer prices marched higher ...

A corner of the ETF market drawing regulatory scrutiny is pushing for still shorter-term speculation. Defiance ETFs has submitted paperwork to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a series ...

For generations, the most consequential Wall Street cases have tended to lead to the same place—the federal courthouse in Manhattan. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, ...

The summer may be ending, but Americans are still feeling pain at the pump. Labor Day traditionally portends a break for drivers. Demand wanes as families trade road trip vacations for school drop ...

US job growth surged in August and the unemployment rate held steady, suggesting the labor market has more momentum than previously thought. Nonfarm payrolls increased 162,000 last month and July’s ...

The secular bull market in equities that began in 2011 is entering its final phase, in the view of Mike Wilson, Morgan Stanley’s chief investment officer and chief U.S. equity strategist. Speaking on ...

FMG Suite, a marketing platform for financial advisors, has introduced an integration technology called FMG Connect, a technology overlay that allows advisors to bring a variety of advisor tools, data ...