Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Don’t Retire, Be Happy (and Help the Economy, Too)
By Gil WeinreichWith financially unprepared boomers careening toward a retirement train wreck, a study showing a happiness premium for older workers may have come just in time.
April 07, 2014
14 Best Paying Jobs for College Business Majors: 2014Thousands of college students graduate every year with business majors, but which jobs offer the best paying career path?
April 06, 2014
DeLegge: Why Do Exchanges Still Ignore Cheaters?The previous era of low-tech cheating has simply been replaced by high-tech cheating with software algorithms.
April 04, 2014
Top Portfolio Products: Pensco Expands Bitcoin Investments in IRAsInnealta Capital rolls out a tactical fixed income fund, and Pax World launches an international ESG index fund.
April 04, 2014
Investor Sentiment Improves in Q1, John Hancock FindsThe John Hancock Investor Sentiment Index increased to +23 in the first quarter from +22 in the fourth quarter last year.
April 04, 2014
Pension Plans Weighing De-Risking OptionsNearly 30% of defined benefit plans are planning, or at least considering, a risk transfer this year, according to a study commissioned by Prudential.
April 04, 2014
Western workers have good bonesMercer charts regional differences in short-term disability claim drivers.
April 04, 2014
Roubini Sees Room to Run in U.S. StocksNouriel Roubini, famously disposed to seeing the downside in economic news, thinks Americas raging bull market still has room to run.