One normally staid corner of the financial markets—preferred stock—has been rattled by the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank seizures, and that has created opportunities for investors. Preferreds are a senior form of equity whose dividends come before those of common stock. Preferred shares issued by banks, however, account for about two-thirds of the $400 ...

Published: March 23, 2023 at 4:55 p.m. ET Shares of Federal Realty Investment Trust FRT inched 0.04% higher to $91.16 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.30% to 3,948.72 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.23% to ...

Churning financial markets, as the failure of three U.S. banks and uncertainty over one big European one continues to play out, did not stop some investors from buying that so-called dip in the stock market at one point last week. That’s according to a weekly report released Friday from Vanda Research, which said retail investors ...

Published: March 17, 2023 at 4:55 p.m. ET Shares of Federal Realty Investment Trust FRT shed 3.45% to $91.88 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 1.10% to 3,916.64 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 1.19% to 31,861.98. This ...

Volatility exploded across the bond market this week amid growing contagion fears originating from U.S. banks, with the fallout gripping both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Analysts described the impact on the U.S. and German bond market as a rolling one in nature over the past five days, producing the biggest single-day drops in yields ...

Looking for a safe place to save your money and earn a good rate of interest — for one, three or even five years? You can still get 5%, or near enough, despite the recent plunge. So long as you shop around, naturally. Most retirees are savers, and the recent collapse in interest rates isn’t the best ...

Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse last Friday has exposed a big problem with “safe” securities bought with government guarantees during the pandemic. In the wake of SVB’s implosion, the Federal Reserve wants to contain potential risks at other banks holding similar securities by helping them avoid forced asset sales, which could further undermine confidence in the ...

Taxes affect investment returns. The good news is that guidance to invest in a tax-smart way is accessible to all types of investors. So as another tax season looms, it’s a good time for investors to assess their portfolios through a tax lens. One tax that can take investors by surprise is the capital-gains tax ...

Published: March 10, 2023 at 4:55 p.m. ET Shares of Federal Realty Investment Trust FRT shed 4.77% to $96.50 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 1.45% to 3,861.59 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 1.07% to 31,909.64. This ...

An exorbitant privilege or a curse? Both terms have been used to describe the U.S. dollar’s unique status as the world’s primary reserve currency. It’s the main medium of exchange for global trade and finance, and the premier store of value for financial institutions and corporations around the world, as well as for individuals abroad ...