Mortgage rates fell below 6% this week for the first time in three and a half years, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 5.98% from last week’s reading of…

Artificial intelligence: boom, bubble or bust? Probably a mix of all three. Whatever comes of it, it increases investment risk. It suggests that a lot of retirees and near-retirees need to rethink their portfolios. The problem is not just that much of the stock market’s exuberant valuation hangs on data…