Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Why Washington Remains Graveyard of Bipartisan Dreams: News Analysis
By Gil WeinreichDespite the pious talk of deficit-cutting centrists about the need to stop kicking the can down the road, a grand compromise will likely elude us until a leader emerges, Democrat or Republican, who can win over a large majority of the public to his vision of our society.
March 30, 2012
Tim Guinness: China, Energy and Really Good Beer—Weekend InterviewChina is the best-run country in the world," the Guinness Atkinson Funds CIO says.
March 30, 2012
Ireland to Use Bond, Not Cash, to Make PaymentIreland will make a scheduled payment of 3.1 billion euros to the Irish Bank Resolution Corp. at the end of March with a bond, not with bailout cash.
March 30, 2012
BRICS Futures Exchange Draws Light Traffic on First DayFutures trades based on cross-lists of BRICS exchanges began trading on Friday, but interest in the new opportunity was light on its first day.
March 30, 2012
Euro Zone Agrees on FirewallThe temporary European Financial Stability Facility and permanent European Stability Mechanism will be combined for a year, for a total of 940 billion euros. But that figure seems to include money already spent.
March 30, 2012
Top 20 Companies for Annuity SalesAlthough sales of annuities fell in the second half of 2011, first-half sales were so strong they propelled total sales up by 8% in 2010, to $240.3 billion, says a LIMRA report.
March 29, 2012
Is Delaware Funds’ Ericksen the Next ‘Star’ Manager?The time is right for the emergence of a new star manager, and it could very well be Delaware Select Growth Funds manager Christopher Ericksen.
March 29, 2012
Dividends and Stock Price Make Winning Combination: Envestnet WebinarFinding Yield Through Equities, an Envestnet Market Morning webinar held Thursday, offered a look at some strategies from Carol Lippman and Mariana Bernunzo Connolly.