Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
PIMCO Blames Media for Bond Fund Outflows
By John SullivanThe financial media are at least partly to blame, according to Douglas Hodge, chief operating officer of the bond giant.
August 27, 2013
13 Best & Worst Broker-Dealers: Q2 Earnings, 2013Some large organizations kept up their momentum, while smaller BDs showed both weaker than expected and surprisingly strong results.
August 27, 2013
SEC’s White Sets Sept. 12 Meeting With Exchanges on Nasdaq GlitchThe meeting will address the price processing system that failed, along with other critical market systems.
August 26, 2013
Tapping Asia’s Internet DemandThe bear market in Chinese stocks has scared away some, but others smell opportunity.A new ETF targeting fast-growing Chinese Internet companies, called…
August 26, 2013
Shorting International StocksAdvisorShares has rolled out its second bear-market ETF. Here's why.
August 26, 2013
Are You Ready for Rising Rates?Interest rates have nowhere to go but up! Thats the tune Wall Streets prognosticators have been singing over the past five years, and theyve been dead wrong. Until now.
August 26, 2013
What Free Trade With Europe Will MeanSome sectors will thrive on more trans-Atlantic trade.