Consumer confidence falls as six-month outlook weakens

Acting Director Russell Vought has paused a plan being challenged in federal court to fire two-thirds of employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) so that his potential successor can weigh the proposed reduction in force (RIF) against agency needs. Notice of the restructuring pause emerged Thursday in court filings related to an ongoing…

For current and prospective homeowners, and the advisers supporting them, the first half (H1) of 2026 has delivered plenty to keep us all interested. Although at the start of the year it seemed as if we were trending towards a healthy, more stable, mortgage market (which was welcome news for current and prospective homeowners alike),…

Fancy adding a 770,386-square-foot trophy office property to your portfolio? You’re in luck.  Tishman Speyer is marketing 6 Grand Central for sale, sources told Commercial Observer, with an asking price somewhere around $450 million. SEE ALSO: Longfellow Sells Hatch Life Sciences Building in LIC for $87M The fee simple interest in the property is being…

You may not have heard of Vici Properties (VICI -0.23%), but it’s an S&P 500 component and a dividend-paying stock — with a recent whopping dividend yield of 6.8%. It’s also worth your consideration for your long-term portfolio, whether you have $1,000, $100, or $100,000 to invest. Image source: Getty Images. First off, know that…

If you had invested ₹10,000 every month in a flexi-cap mutual fund for the past decade, your ₹12 lakh total investment could have grown to more than ₹25 lakh in some of the category’s best-performing funds.   An analysis by Value Research found nine flexi-cap funds that delivered more than 15% annualised SIP…