Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were in focus Tuesday as regulators met on Capitol Hill to discuss the future of the mortgage-finance giants.

Goldman Sachs shares traded higher despite lowered earnings revisions by Meredith Whitney.

Morgan Stanley shares rose on upgrades from UBS and Credit Suisse

Ambac Financial's stock took off after the company's third-quarter report showed a big profit on a one-time gain, but the move just brought shares back to recent levels.

Mortgage insurers, including Radian and MGIC Investment, jumped Thursday on above-average volume on word of an extension for the home-buyer tax credit.

Student lender stocks were winners on a quiet Friday in the financial sector.

Financials were flat as Congress talked Bear Stearns.

The Finance Professor gives you a tour of the insurance business.

Closed-end funds and ETFs with sufficient track records are now getting coverage from the Ratings staff.

The Justice Department wants to ban Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of bankrupt FTX, from speaking to former employees of the crypto exchange.

The billionaire had proposed a controversial plan to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which now has lasted nearly a year.

The cruise line has almost fully returned to normal after the covid pandemic, but one very popular activity hasn't been brought back.