Economy & Markets
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New Retirement Pros; Clients’ Brains; Bill Good’s Cold Call Rewrite: November Research—Slideshow
By Editorial StaffThe November cover story of Research magazine, "The New Retirement Pro," focuses on how to thrive in the growing and highly competitive field of retirement income advice. And Bill Goods column called "Cold Call Rewrite," he recasts cold call scripts advisors have used.
October 25, 2012
Eurozone Private-Sector Lending DropsSeptember saw lending to private companies in the eurozone fall substantially, as businesses reined in the urge to borrow and lenders remained reluctant to shell out.
October 25, 2012
President Romney’s Cabinet: Who Would He Choose?If Gov. Romney wins the election, his Cabinet will take a very different direction on economic policy than Obamas. Here are some of the choices to head those key posts.
October 25, 2012
Obama vs. Romney: 6 Key Differences on Health CareThe two candidates engage in platform-to-platform combat over the future of commercial insurance, Medicare and Medicaid.
October 24, 2012
Ground-Floor OpportunityWhile the decision voters make in just a few days has the potential to launch the economy on a path of economic growth, it is possible and perhaps likely that the next several years will be financially unrewarding.
October 24, 2012
No Quick FixNo matter who ends up on top in this years closely fought presidential electionbilled by both Republicans and Democrats as the most important in a generationdont get too excited about the winners ability to fix the economy.
October 24, 2012
Members of ‘Gang of Six’ Warn About Fiscal Cliff at SIFMA ConferenceAt SIFMAs annual meeting, Sens. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Mark Warner, D-Va., discussed the fiscal cliff and Americas future competitiveness in the global marketplace.
October 24, 2012
In Poll, Most Economists Say Bernanke Has Gone Too Far With QEA majority of economists believe Bernanke will continue with the latest round of quantitative easing through end of his term.