Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
SEC to Hold Fixed-Income Roundtable April 16
By thinkadvisorThe four-panel event will discuss potential ways to improve the transparency and efficiency of fixed-income markets.
March 28, 2013
2013: The year of the RMD tax bubbleOverall wealth may be less important than in what vehicle your clients assets are held.
March 27, 2013
Advisors more optimistic about markets than their clientsFinancial advisors are far more optimistic than the average investor about the performance of capital markets over the next three years, new research show.
March 26, 2013
Illinois Settles SEC Fraud Charge Over PensionsGov. Pat Quinns administration admitted no wrongdoing in the way state officials borrowed money to pay pension obligations through $2.2 billion in municipal bond sales from 2005 to 2009.
March 26, 2013
Sequester Strikes Military Families as Pentagon Makes Budget CutsAs Congress grapples with $85 billion in sequester cuts, the Pentagon is slashing its budget, and service members and their families are making cuts of their own.
March 26, 2013
Currency Manager Merk on Cyprus and Why PIMCO’s El-Erian Is WrongMerk doesnt buy the PIMCO chief's argument that time will heal the crisis.
March 25, 2013
Bye-Bye BRICs, Hello TIMPsSome countries that were once hot, today are notor at least, not as hot as they once were, says one investment expert.
March 25, 2013
Cypriots are suspicious, but bailout deal seems setBailouts come with strings and hitting large bank depositors with tax increases is one of them.