Student Loan Debt
How advisors can help clients understand the burden of student loan debt and the best ways to reduce, eliminate or manage the debt load.
Congress Girds for Another Debt Fight as Deficit Shrinks
By Melanie WaddellThe deficit is at its lowest level since late 2008, LPL's John Canally writes; PIMCO and Washington Analysis weigh in on the battle ahead.
August 05, 2013
Is Spain’s Economy Finally on the Upswing?For the first time in two years, Spain's unemployment rate came down, inspiring hopes for the end of the recession.
July 31, 2013
How Bad Was Financial Crisis? $30 Trillion Lost Bad: Dallas FedThe cost of the crisis may top the value of one year of the countrys economic output when hard-to-measure factors are included, according to an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
July 29, 2013
Treasury's Lew: Congress needs to pass debt limitSome Republicans want to use a government shutdown threat to block PPACA.
July 29, 2013
Treasury's Lew: Congress needs to pass debt limitSome Republicans want to use a government shutdown threat to block PPACA.
July 26, 2013
5 Reasons Why Your Clients May Still Have the Economic BluesWhile some measures of U.S. consumer sentiment are up, Pew Research data explores some overlooked indicators that suggest why Americans arent all that upbeat, despite much good economic and markets news.
July 22, 2013
Portuguese Upheaval Exposes Eurozone’s Underlying WoesPortugal is the latest country to shatter the Eurozones fragile recovery and raise fears that yet another crisis is in the offing.
July 17, 2013
Inspectors insist CO-OPs are policedThe feds have punished organizers of the new nonprofit plans for missing deadlines, officials say.