Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Top Portfolio Products: AQR Capital Launches Defensive Funds
By Marlene Y. SatterIn addition, AdvisorShares and Roger Nusbaum teamed up on a new actively managed ETF and ALPS launched a Dogs of the Dow ETF.
July 12, 2012
Best 5 Investment Picks for Midyear 2012Investors worried about where to put their money these days have a number of opportunities to consider. Here's what the experts are saying about good investments in midyear 2012.
July 12, 2012
Economic crisis looming, Fed says (Politico)Fed officials showed concern about what could happen to the struggling economy if Congress fails to avert tax hikes and across-the-board spending cuts that kick in at the end of the year, according to the minutes from their June meeting.
July 12, 2012
Corporate America hoards cash to spite Obama, consumer group says (Huffington Post)The latest report from the Federal Reserve puts big banks cash reserves at just under $1.6 trillion80 times the $20 billion they held in reserve in 2007.
July 12, 2012
Europe Tries Sticks, Carrots in Battling CrisisThe eurozone is trying to combine rewards with punishments as it seeks to thwart a stubborn debt crisis that has embroiled the region for the past few years.
July 11, 2012
SEC Approves National Market System to Better Track TradesIf it were not for the Dodd-Frank rulemaking frenzy that has dominated the SECs agenda for the last two years, a commissioner said, it would be abundantly clear that this rulemaking is a game changer.
July 11, 2012
Italy May Ask for AidProof that the eurozone debt crisis is far from over came as Prime Minister Mario Monti of Italy said he might look for financial help from the rescue fund to shore up the countrys bonds.
July 11, 2012
5 of History’s Brazen Crooks Who Defrauded MarketsRemember Ken Lay? Probably. Remember Alves dos Reis? Probably not, but he nearly bankrupted a country in 1925.