Trump’s trade war with Canada could lead the U.S. back to quantitative easing

The close ties between the pioneering low-cost factor investing firm Dimensional Fund Advisors and thousands of planners date back 37 years, according to co-founder and chair David Booth. That history helps explain why reports that the $1.1 trillion asset manager may be exploring a sale have drawn so much attention from financial advisors. Processing Content…

Mortgage rates reached their highest level since the end of August, following a week of heightened uncertainty over the Iran conflict, slightly moderated by positive news on inflation. Processing Content The 30-year fixed rate mortgage increased by 6 basis points to 6.55% as of July 16 from 6.49% one week prior, the Freddie Mac Primary…

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed down by -0.28% on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up by +0.26%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down by -0.97%.  E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) fell -0.27%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) fell -0.95%. Stock indices settled mostly lower on Monday, with the S&P 500…

There are some new recruits at JLL, the brokerage firm announced Monday.  Joshua Strauss and Scott Zinovoy, who co-founded retail and entertainment real estate firm Dreamscape, have joined JLL as executive managing director and senior vice president, respectively, to help further drive the firm’s experiential retail, entertainment and mixed-use leasing initiatives.  SEE ALSO: Infinium Wall…

Homebuilders are feeling just a tad more confident as the summer housing market draws to an end. Homebuilder confidence in current sales conditions bumped up one point, raising the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index to 35 on Monday. Anything udner 50 reflects that more builders view the market for new homes as “poor”…