State Street Global Advisors introduced the SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF and the SPDR Barclays Capital Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF on Thursday.

Only 10% of Americans with $5 million to $25 million in investable assets described themselves as "very wealthy" in a recent survey by Spectrem Group, and 28% considered their wealth just "moderate."

It sounds like a great deal: an investment that generates guaranteed, tax-free returns that are likely to be well above the inflation rate.

Borrowers and financial institutions may be feeling the strain from reduced operations at the FHA and IRS, which has suspended the release of certain income documentation during the budget impasse.

The agencies are weighing a plan to reduce the scope of residential real estate transactions requiring an appraisal, but appraisers have warned that the proposal could have consequences.

Banks need to stake out a presence on platforms that have nothing to do with banking.

Consumers and their credit scores could be put at considerable risk unless regulators establish meaningful safeguards.

The question is unfair to people who have never been found guilty or have been accused of minor offenses. It’s especially unfair to minority applicants.

The decision to drop the London interbank offered rate as a benchmark interest rate means that contracts for hundreds of trillions of dollars in financial assets need to be rewritten. U.S. regulators should allow existing agreements to be amended without the threat of massive litigation.