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More people applied for unemployment benefits last week, the first increase in three weeks. Still, the broader trend points to a slowly healing jobs market.

Almost 40 percent of working Americans say they'll never afford retirement. It's the second year in a row that retirement affordability ranks as the nation's top financial concern.

National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors President Terry Headley says he's concerned the Department of Labor's proposed fiduciary rule could make it harder for consumers to get investment help.

Mutual funds have been adopting hedge fund strategies to make them more available to investors

Government investigators say the Food and Drug Administration is putting patients at risk by approving sensitive medical devices such as hip joints and heart defibrillators under the same streamlined system intended for power wheelchairs, stitches and catheters.

Total estimated inflows to long-term mutual funds were $5.86 billion for the week ended Wednesday, March 30.

Since the recession started, one-third of boomers have stopped contributing to 401(k) plans, individual retirement accounts or other retirement arrangements, according to the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI).

African Americans are optimistic about achieving their financial goals, even though they lack relationships with financial advisors.