Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Boeing will freeze 68,000 nonunion workers’ pensions by 2016
By Julie JohnssonThe worlds largest planemaker will freeze pensions as it works to cut costs.
March 05, 2014
Charting the New 3.8% Investment Tax WatersThe experts at Tax Facts on the new investment tax, part of the Affordable Care Act, that took effect for the 2013 tax year.
March 05, 2014
Deleveraging will continue to weigh on growthThe fiscal outlook is highly uncertain, with persistent gridlock in the U.S. and the midterm elections approaching.
March 05, 2014
Deleveraging will continue to weigh on growthThe fiscal outlook is highly uncertain, with persistent gridlock in the U.S. and the midterm elections approaching.
March 05, 2014
Should California Split Up to Save Itself?Economist Bill Watkins calls a new ballot initiative to divide California into six states economically unviable, yet worries about the viability of the existing state.
March 05, 2014
Cold War Redux Calls for Old-School Investing—Searching for Alpha for March 2014With political and perhaps military volatility in Ukraine, RIAs should stick close to home.
March 05, 2014
Senate Finance to ‘Move Quickly’ on Tax ExtendersSenate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., made special mention of the research and development tax credit.
March 05, 2014
3 Steps for Investors to Take Amid Ukraine TurmoilWith Russia's move into Ukraine, a Wells Fargo expert suggests strategic moves, as others opine on U.S. options.