Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Fed Minutes Ease Concern on Rate Rise, Lifting Stocks
By Callie Bost, BloombergSeveral Fed policy makers said a rise in their median projection for the main interest rate exaggerated the likely speed of tightening.
April 08, 2014
Don’t Retire, Be Happy (and Help the Economy, Too)With 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 08, 2014
Time for a Comeback in Cyclical Stocks?LPL Financials Jeffrey Kleintop says theres a tight relationship between economic surprises and the performance of non-defensive equities.
April 07, 2014
Investor Education Is ‘Futile,’ ‘Totally Discredited’: DalbarDalbar's 20th annual behavior study finds, yet again, that the average mutual fund investor underperforms. The firm offers four things advisors can do to help.
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DeLegge: Why Do Exchanges Still Ignore Cheaters?The previous era of low-tech cheating has simply been replaced by high-tech cheating with software algorithms.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.