Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Replace Social Security or Fix It?
By Gil WeinreichJust as advisors understand that past performance does not guarantee future returns, Larry Kotlikoff argues Social Security's past success does not indicate its current viability.
May 23, 2014
Wall Street Bets on Bond Revival in Trader Hiring SpreeWall Street firms are starting to bet on an end to the profit-eroding boredom in credit markets by building their bond trading desks.
May 22, 2014
New Fidelity Survey Finds Advisors Focused on Portfolio Management in Q1Also, fixed income remains top of mind, according to a new Fidelity survey.
May 22, 2014
Rethinking the Role of Emerging Markets Investing in PortfoliosMore than ever, the outlook for emerging markets is nuanced, and selectivity is critical. We expect emerging countries to increasingly decouple from one another.
May 21, 2014
Top 10 Billionaire Art Collectors: Wealth XWith art auctions setting records, spurring investment in art, Wealth-X has put together a list of the 10 biggest art collectors in the world.
May 21, 2014
Funds as SIFIs Would Be ‘Too Burdened to Succeed’: ICI ChiefIt would not take much of a "SIFI premium" to increase the fees of these funds significantly, says ICI's Paul Schott Stevens.
May 20, 2014
Geithner Omits Cost of Success in ‘Stress Test’What Tim Geithner doesn't entirely convey in his new book is that success came at a steep price.
May 16, 2014
Niall Ferguson: The Black Swan Investors Should FearThe conservative Harvard economic historian says there's a problem much bigger than Fed tapering for investors to worry about.