Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Investors More Confident but See Stagnation Ahead
By Michael S. FischerInvestor confidence has hit a seven-year high but still falls far short of the pre-recession average, Wells Fargo and Gallup found.
September 23, 2014
What You Can and Can’t Do About the Coming Market CrashToqueville Asset Managements Francois Sicart reviews three disaster theories and offers an investment strategy for our times.
September 23, 2014
Small-Cap Woes: It’s All About Rates (Not the Death Cross)But does the weakness in small-cap indexes present a short-term trading opportunity?
September 22, 2014
Hong Kong-Shanghai ‘Through Train’ Opens Up Investment, Arbitrage OptionsHere's a move that marks yet another important step in Chinas goal of greater participation in the global financial markets.
September 22, 2014
Treasury, IRS Issue New Guidance to Curb Corporate Tax InversionsThe Treasury Department and IRS issued guidance late Monday to reduce the tax benefits of corporate inversions.
September 22, 2014
Global Billionaire Population at Record, With $7.3 Trillion in WealthBillionaires make up 1% of the worlds ultra-high-net-worth population, according to the Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census, yet they control 4% of wealth.
September 19, 2014
Are Risk Parity Funds Back on Track?Allocations based on risk can help boost portfolio diversification, one expert shares.
September 18, 2014
PIMCO’s ‘Secret’: Its Managers, Including Bill Gross, Still Trade DailyPIMCOs Jerome Schneider told Morningstar ETF conference attendees that the bond giant's portfolio managers, even CIO Gross, still spend much of their time trading.