Laurie Sepulveda is a MarketWatch Guides team senior writer who specializes in writing about personal loans, home equity loans, mortgages and banking. She lives in North Carolina and has taught and ...

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Mr. Malkiel is an American economist and financial executive. His 50-year-old book, “A Random Walk Down Wall Street,” is widely credited with popularizing stock index funds. Stock markets regularly go ...

A regional bank is a financial institution that typically serves a specific geographic area, such as a state or particular ...

What is the CLARITY Act? As part of Washington’s historic Crypto Week (July 14–18, 2025), lawmakers took a dramatic step toward defining the future of crypto in the US. At the center of the action is ...