The recession has severely limited the retirement prospects of the oldest baby boomers. Some older adults will have to work longer to try to recoup their stock market losses and falling home values, ...

Trying to predict recessions is one of the most popular pastimes in the financial markets. There's a running joke that says certain people have predicted nine of the past five recessions. Fear tends ...

Before we answer those questions, it's helpful to understand exactly what the VCI is and why it's so accurate. Zandi and his colleagues based the index on the Sahm Rule, developed by economist Claudia ...