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Rate Cut Playbook: How to Lock in a High Yield in September 2025

After eight straight months of holding interest rates steady, the Federal Reserve could finally be gearing up for a rate cut -- and that's big news for savers. Looking for a secure place to grow your ...
Forbes

What The Fed Rate Cut Means For Mortgage Rates And Money Market Funds

WASHINGTON, DC: The Federal Reserve logo is seen on the William McChesney Martin Jr. Building on September 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the policy-making arm ...
News Tribune

From Loans to Jobs, Here’s How the Fed Rate Cut May Affect Your Wallet

Here’s what to know if you’re borrowing money, saving money, buying a house, selling a house, retired, invested in the stock market and more. Money; Getty Images The Federal Reserve cut rates for the ...
The New York Times

Interest Rates Are Falling. Why Are People Still Buying Money Market Funds?

The Federal Reserve’s rate cut will reduce investor returns, yet money market funds remain a good deal, our columnist says. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes Strategies, a weekly column on markets, ...
Investopedia

30-Year Mortgage Rates Return to 3-Week High - July 18, 2025

We independently evaluate all of our recommendations. If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. pixdeluxe / Getty Images Rates on new 30-year mortgages have fluctuated by a single ...
Pensions&Investments

Financial advisory firms go from ‘among the worst to first’ for 401(k) rates of return. Consultants weigh in on why.

It’s not easy to jump from the near bottom of the list to the very top, but the financial advisory industry did just that in the rates of return its 401(k) plans delivered for its employees. In 2023, ...