Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Hancock has gender-based LTCI pricing OKs in 42 states
By Allison BellThe company has launched another new LTCI product in 47 states.
May 03, 2013
AIG reports 31% drop in 1Q net incomeThe company's other operations, including its mortgage insurance unit, reported operating losses of $152 million for the quarter.
May 03, 2013
5 Strategies for Today’s Fixed-Income MarketThere are several steps investors and their advisors may want to consider to counter the possible impact of rising interest rates, Nate Carlon of Burnham Gibson says.
May 02, 2013
What Can Advisors Do in Defense of Freedom and Opposition to Terror?AdvisorOne's Gil Weinreich speaks with freedom activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali about the fight for Western freedoms and how advisors can play a role, and the author adds his a post-script about his own brush with terror...
May 02, 2013
One Major Reason to Include Real Assets in a PortfolioA 2% annual inflation rate means that a dollar today will have purchasing power of $0.55 30 years from now.
May 02, 2013
Freakonomics’ Levitt Addresses Reinhart-Rogoff Mistake at Envestnet SummitSteven Levitt said of the mistake in the widely cited work, Im incredibly suspicious of academics in policy decision-making.
May 02, 2013
Niall Ferguson: 4 Reasons America Is Falling ApartNiall Ferguson, a conservative Harvard professor equally at home in the sweep of civilization as the history of finance, explained to an audience of investment professionals how it is that much of the world is growing while the U.S. is slowing.
May 02, 2013
2013 SMA Managers of the Year: GW&K’s Mary Kane, Fixed Income—VideoIn this video, Investment Advisor magazines Editor-in Chief John Sullivan talks with Mary Fitzgerald Kane of Bostons GW&K Investment Management about their award in the Fixed Income category.