The fiscal cliff debate, in particular the fight over tax hikes on the wealthy, brought up a sticky question: who is really rich anyway?...

Now we can add this to the drama in Washington: In 2011, the US debt ceiling was raised from $14.3 trillion to $16.4 trillion. And as we...

Bad behavior can get pricey. Bank fines hit a record $10.7 billion this past year. The total was capped when UBS recently agreed to pay...

The Federal Reserve continued to pull all the stops at the FOMC meeting last week. The committee ventured further into uncharted...

There are some things that brokers would rather not share with clients. Like how much they get paid to jump from one firm to another....