NEW ORLEANS – Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company President and CEO Guy T. Williams announced record earnings for 2019. President Williams attributed the record earnings to, among other things, very strong results in home mortgage lending and education services.…
NEW YORK (AP) - Money, it’s a gas. Unless you need to borrow some from your parents. Then it’s a conversation many adults will avoid at all costs, even if it means paying for groceries with couch nickels. That’s not…
NEW ORLEANS – Holley L. Haag joins The First, a national banking association financial institution, as New Orleans region market president. Haag is responsible for leading commercial, retail and business banking activities. This includes servicing the financial needs of private…
RUSTON – Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm, today announced two corporate finance promotions. Daniel Taylor has been promoted to chief accounting officer and Briley Blazo is now manager of the newly formed corporate financial planning and…
NEW YORK - Most retirees regret not saving more. A 2018 study by Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies found 73% wish they’d put aside more money on a consistent basis, and half felt they waited too long to get serious…
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged higher in early trading on Wall Street Friday but lost some of their momentum from the previous day's record-setting rally as investors digested a weak jobs report. The government reported that U.S. employers added…
NEW YORK (AP) - By now, you’ve encountered the world of credit, whether it was renting your first apartment or figuring out how to pay for a kitchen remodel. Whatever your financial goals this year, your credit is likely to…
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in early trading on Wall Street Monday and oil prices continued rising as investors worried that tensions between the U.S. and Iran would escalate. A U.S. airstrike killed a top Iranian general last week…
NEW YORK (AP) — Funds of all types made money through 2019, from risky ones full of stocks from developing economies to stodgy funds holding only super-safe Treasury bonds. Someone who came into 2019 with their money split between the…
NEW YORK - Stocks moved higher on Wall Street in early trading Thursday as U.S. markets reopened following the New Year's Day holiday. The gains followed a rally in overseas markets after China's central bank said it will free up…
NEW YORK (AP) - A year is built one day at a time. It’s the busy Tuesdays when you never have a moment and the lazy Sundays when you can finally relax. Focusing on small, cumulative actions can take you…
TOKYO (AP) — Stocks slipped globally in quiet New Year's Eve trading Tuesday with many markets closed. Wall Street could close 2019 with back-to-back daily losses in a year that the U.S. posted the largest market gains since 2013. Britain's…
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street as investors look to push the major indexes further into record territory. Consumer and technology stocks led the early gainers. Apple rose 1.1%. The Nasdaq rose 0.2% to 9,039…
NEW YORK (AP) — On January 3, the S&P 500 sank 2.5% when Apple warned of sagging demand for the iPhone, an inauspicious start to 2019 following a 14% drubbing in last year's fourth quarter. On January 4, Federal Reserve…
NEW YORK (AP) - To calculate a restaurant server’s tip, double the first number on the bill. A $62.47 tab gets a $12 tip. If the bill is more than $100, double the first two digits. That’s an example of…
NEW YORK (AP) - Would you feel comfortable disclosing your bank account information on a personal loan application? What about your work history? Your college major? That’s what it could take to borrow money from some loan companies that consider…
NEW YORK (AP) - Your expenses don't end when your paychecks do, but creating a reliable income stream in retirement can be tricky. The right choices can result in sustainable income for the rest of your life. The wrong choices…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - A major change to how Americans save for retirement is close to becoming law. The Senate on Thursday passed the Secure Act as part of its massive spending package. The House passed it earlier this week…
NEW YORK (AP) — After a year of nirvana, investors may need to get ready for something a little more normal. Markets are coming off a fabulous 2019, where stocks and bonds around the world climbed in concert. But for…
COVINGTON – Fidelis Group Holdings, LLC (FGH), a leading provider of marine insurance coverage and services, announced a new senior management structure for the company and its subsidiaries, Continental Underwriters, Ltd. (CU), Fidelis Marine Underwriters, LLC (FM) and Fidelis Claims…
NEW YORK (AP) - Raise your hand if you feel confident about your finances. Not feeling it? That’s OK. Perhaps you’re among the 60% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, or one of the 81.6 million paying off student loan…
TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mixed Wednesday as investor optimism fades about last week's U.S.-China trade breakthrough and all eyes turn to U.S. politics, where President Donald Trump is on the cusp of being impeached by the House. According…
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Life is spending more than $6 billion in cash to buy the group life and disability coverage business of the insurer Cigna. The life insurer said Wednesday that the deal will add millions of…
NEW ORLEANS – Liberty Bank and Trust Company and its parent bank holding company (Liberty Financial Services Inc.) and Louisville Development Bancorp Inc. (the holding company for Metro Bank Inc.) announced their agreement that Louisville Development Bancorp will be acquired…
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell sharply in early trading Tuesday after President Donald Trump cast doubt over the potential for a trade deal with China this year and threatened to impose tariffs on French goods. Trump said he…
NEW YORK (AP) - Many of us feel bad about our debt. Most of us probably shouldn’t. Three-quarters of U.S. households owe money, but the vast majority pay their bills on time and have debt loads that are reasonable given…
METAIRIE – MBT Bancshares, Inc. (OTC: MBKL), the holding company of Metairie Bank & Trust, Co., announced today that its Board of Directors at their meeting on Nov. 26, declared a semi-annual cash dividend of $0.50 per share on the…
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks wobbled between small gains and losses on Wall Street Tuesday as investors kept a close watch on the latest developments coming out of U.S.-China negotiations. The cautious stance by investors follows a record-setting day for…
Shatoria Smith was tired of the $5,000 in credit card debt she felt was blocking her from reaching her financial goals. She couldn’t see an easy path to being debt-free, so she drew herself a map by adapting a goal-setting…
NEW YORK (AP) - Most parents in the U.S. provide some sort of financial support to their adult children, multiple surveys have found. But often, financial aid goes the other way. A 2015 survey by TD Ameritrade found 13% of…
