Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Seventy percent of Americans may now be classified as obese, according to a new study authored by Harvard Medical School researchers investigating an updated definition for obesity. This figure is up ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s capital. Today, legal affairs reporter Erik Larson looks at the coming court battle over the Federal Reserve.

MLPs offer tax advantages as they pass profits and losses directly to investors. Investors receive high quarterly cash distributions, aiding in income generation. Buying and selling MLP units is easy ...

Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, has clinched the Democratic nomination for New York mayor, besting a crowded field that included former governor Andrew M. Cuomo. A handful of ...

The Retail Distribution Review (RDR) is a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) initiative that aims to provide greater clarity about different types of financial services available. It also seeks to ...

For years there has been a toxic, emotion-driven debate over gender and sex in this country. Today came clarity. This was the legal crescendo in a saga that has rolled through the courts for more than ...

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our overview of batted ball distribution, or a batter's rates of grounders (GB%), flies (FB%), and line drives (LD%). This article is a deeper dive into batted ball ...

Obesity is currently defined using a person's body mass index, or BMI. This is calculated as weight (in kilograms) divided by the square of height (in metres). In people of European descent, the BMI ...