Mortgage applications rose 7% in the latest week, the Mortgage Bankers Association said. The average rate for a 30-year mortgage is 6.20%.

Oil futures barely budge on Wednesday, with U.S. prices up by pennies after the EIA reports a weekly rise of 500,000 barrels in U.S. crude supplies.

Chinese consumers are eager to travel during the nation’s biggest annual holiday, but a wave of cases is making people nervous.

Microsoft has big opportunities ahead in AI, but first it must contend with a cloud slowdown that threatens to envelop the broader software industry.

Student housing is a high-demand, growing market that can generate tax-sheltered, passive income.

Boeing narrows loss but falls short of expectations for a profit as the aerospace giant ramps up production of 737 and faces ‘abnormal costs’

Private equity may be the next frontier for the exchange-traded-fund industry, thirty years after the first U.S.-listed ETF was launched, according to Sue Thompson, head of Americas distribution for SPDR ETFs at State Street Global Advisors.

Retiring before age 65 increases your chances of having funds dry up.

Investors are taking money out of U.S. equities to add to their exposure in international stock markets, betting European and emerging markets could benefit from a weaker dollar.

Gold prices finish higher on Wednesday, scoring a fifth straight session gain to mark another settlement at the highest since April.