Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
On Economy, ‘Japanese Experience Is Our Template’
By John SullivanThey, too, thought they could solve their debt crisis by taking on more debt, said Lacy Hunt of Hoisington Investment Management. It didnt work.
May 04, 2012
Five Good Questions for Tadas Viskanta of Abnormal ReturnsThe author says that active investors need to be aware that the odds are against them and that there are real costs, both explicit and implicit, in taking such an active approach.
May 04, 2012
Game Over for the American Dream? 3 Economists’ Bleak AnswerLaurence Kotlikoff, an economist and candidate for president on the Americans Elect third-party platform, and two other economists say the governments excessive spending habit amounts to fiscal child abuse.
May 04, 2012
Norway Dumps Bonds as Elections LoomAs the possibility of drastic change hovers over France and Greece, with elections to be held Sunday, Norway has warned that Europe is in for a rough ride.
May 04, 2012
Economist Brock: ‘Liberal Capitalism vs. Statist Capitalism,’ That Is the QuestionIn a stark speech heavy on humor and academic theorems, H. Woody Brock set out to tell the Strategic Investment Conference attendees how to get out of the economic mess were in.
May 04, 2012
U.S. Unemployment Rate Barely Changed in April as Economy Added Only 115,000 JobsThe U.S. unemployment rate was little changed in April, at 8.1% versus 8.2% in March, as the economy gained only 115,000 jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday.
May 03, 2012
The Earnings Season ScorecardWith earnings season about three-quarters of the way through, companies are beating their earnings at a tremendous pace -- but it's having little effect on the wider market.
May 03, 2012
10 Market Rules to Remember: An Economist’s ReminderBorrowing heavily from his predecessor at Merrill Lynch, David Rosenberg laid out his market outlook by framing it within Bob Farrells famous 10 Market Rules to Remember.