Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Investor Alpha ‘Readily Available’ but Not Painless: Research Affiliates
By Gil WeinreichAbove-market returns, often called elusive, are there for the taking for investors who can stomach a little discomfort, says Chris Brightman of Research Affiliates.
March 20, 2014
Doctor Performs Autopsy on U.S. Retirement SystemFailure to raise the retirement age will be cited on Americas death certificate if we don't act, Dr. L. Stephen Coles says.
March 19, 2014
Recent Russian Moves Proves Risky for InvestorsThe Russian economy offers lots of opportunities for investors to make and to lose moneyand not just in Russia.
March 19, 2014
Subsidy gaps may explain low young adult enrollmentYoung people who thought they were going to get help paying for their insurance plans through PPACA may be out of luck.
March 19, 2014
Subsidy gaps may explain low young adult enrollmentYoung people who thought they were going to get help paying for their insurance plans through PPACA may be out of luck.
March 19, 2014
Fed Changes Interest Rate Policy, Linking to Wider Data RangeThe Fed gave itself room to keep interest rates low by dropping a linkage between the benchmark interest rate and a specific level of unemployment.
March 19, 2014
Fed Links Rate Outlook to Range of Data; Drops 6.5% Jobless ThresholdFOMC said highly accommodative stance of monetary policy remains appropriate before its first meeting led by Janet Yellen.
March 19, 2014
Data Points to Strong Wage Boost, Support for Fed Policy: MerrillGrowth in employment and compensation could influence the Federal Reserves next move, according to a Merrill Lynch report.