Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Stocks Have Room to Rise, but So Do Interest Rates: J.P. Morgan’s Kelly
By Joyce HansonJ.P. Morgan Asset Management's David Kelly believes the biggest drag on the U.S. economy is the Federal Reserve, and investors must prepare for inflation.
May 15, 2013
3 Market Strategies for Advisors, Investors From RussellThe investment group also has four steps advisors and clients may want to consider for the rest of the year in their bond investments.
May 14, 2013
Move Over, Saudi Arabia, and Let North Dakota Take OverA buyers market in oil is in the making and will bring about disruptive market change that should benefit American manufacturers and consumers and prove challenging for Middle Eastern producers and European refiners.
May 14, 2013
Europeans grow dissatisfied with the inequities of the economic systemPeople arent happy that the gap between the rich and the poor has widened in the past five years.
May 13, 2013
Will Britain leave the EU?Talk of the possibility of Britain breaking out of the EU is spreading.
May 13, 2013
Quick QE Exit Unlikely, but Do Get a Bond Haircut: PIMCO, Loomis Sayles"A bond and equity investor can choose to play with historically high risk to principal or quit the game and earn nothing, says PIMCO's Bill Gross.
May 13, 2013
Five Years After the Crisis, Can We Prevent the Next One?The U.S. has made progress, but measures like money-market fund regulation are needed to avert future financial instability, a Fed governor says.
May 13, 2013
What May Come Next From the Craziest Market in Recent HistoryCan the stock market continue to climb and shrug off bad news, or are we just picking up nickels in front of a bulldozer?