Q: What makes mortgage interest rates go up and down? — RW, Norwich, Conn. A: Interest rates are influenced by inflation and the market for debt . via Courier-News

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Business SEBI seeks US help for regulating investment advisers New Delhi, April 15 : Seeking to rein in the growing crop of investment advisers dishing out “hot” market tips through various media that include … via The Hindu

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Attention, retirement savers: Your 401 menu may be changing. Investment firms are pitching employers on more exchange-traded funds, target-maturity funds, annuities and index funds based on new benchmarks as … via Hartford Courant

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It’ll soon be decision time for my wife, Georgina, and me. Four short-term certificates of deposit totaling 10 percent of our fixed-income portfolio will come due during the next four months. via Chicago Tribune

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Question: I have numerous Series EE savings bonds that have reached their 30-year maturity and will continue to have more that will mature in the future. via The Orlando Sentinel

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Friday was a day of buoyancy for BP shares thanks to a surge in oil prices, but executives at the British oil leviathan were probably still smarting after roughly one in five of its shareholders revolted on … via Forbes.com

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