Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
PIMCO’s El-Erian: QE2 Failed to Boost U.S. Growth
By John SullivanWhile the bond-purchase program pushed investors into higher-yielding assets such as stocks, the “transmission mechanism” to lower unemployment by driving more money into the economy didn’t work, El-Erian of PIMCO said.
June 02, 2011
FPA in China: Best Way to Invest in Chinese StocksA planner traveling in China suggests the best way for non-Chinese to invest in the country’s stocks.
June 01, 2011
Going Small in Germany, RussiaVan Eck Global added the Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF (RSXJ) and the Market Vectors Germany Small-Cap ETF (GERJ) to its lineup. RSXJ focuses on…
June 01, 2011
Emerging and Developed Markets—Decoupling or a Reversion to the Mean?Global equity markets have recovered strongly following the financial crisis and recession.
June 01, 2011
Christmas in SummerYears into the economic crisis, the business environment remains a challenging one. U.S. home price deflation, which precipitated the crisis, has clocked…
June 01, 2011
Mexico’s Resilient MarketMexico’s long-ago president, José Porfirio Díaz, is credited with a memorable, though likely apocryphal, quote, which translates as:…
June 01, 2011
Facebook FrenzyUntil the 1990s, the United States was thought to be a mature industrial economy. Economists were saying that at a mature stage an industrial economy…
June 01, 2011
Asia Is in Scary Stall, U.S. a Worrisome SputterSlowdown in Asia is an ominous sign for sickly U.S. and Western economies.