The U.S. Labor Department on Friday took the next step toward requiring brokers who provide retirement advice to follow a "fiduciary" standard of putting clients' interests first, a move that could roil the financial services industry.
President Obama told Reuters Monday he has "raised directly with President Xi [Jinping]" concerns about pending Chinese legislation that requires technology companies provide the Chinese government "backdoor" access to encrypted files and store data on Chinese users in China.
The vast majority of American investors are worried about taking on risk, according to a recent study from Ameriprise.
Most people with a pension probably don't think much about the fees assessed to manage their retirement money. But maybe they should. Yahoo Finance's Rick Newman and Bloomberg's Neil Weinberg discuss.
You can add "cable TV rate increases" to the old axiom that nothing is certain except for death and taxes, as pay TV companies are again jacking up prices for programming and equipment in 2016.
Its easy to let credit card spending get out of control during the holidays. Yahoo Finance's Mandi Woodruff shares how you can get debt-free in this weeks Money Minute.
