All through the latest bull market there has been one statistical nugget that equity optimists have regularly whipped out to quieten the naysayers. Cash on the sidelines. Fresh firepower to support ...

CME Group’s FedWatch tool is predicting the first rate cut at an 88% certainty of a quarter-point cut at its next meeting on ...

Matt Richardson is the senior managing editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com. He writes and edits content about personal finance ranging from savings to investing to insurance.

Even as the "Smart Money" was selling stocks in April, May, and June during the tariff-related volatility and economic uncertainty, the "Dumb Money" was buying them. Maybe it’s time to rethink the ...

Matt Richardson is the senior managing editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com. He writes and edits content about personal finance ranging from savings to investing to insurance.