Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
S&P 500 Companies Beating Estimates for Sales
By John SullivanForecasts exceeded by largest margin since 2006.
February 07, 2011
Egyptian Pound Hits Six-Year Low; Debt Insurance Costs Fall as Banks ReopenEgypt was still the focus of financial as well as political turmoil on Monday as its banks reopened for business.
February 07, 2011
Vanguard Adds International Stock ETFXUS is linked to the MSCI All Country World ex-USA Investable Market Index, covering 98% of the world's non-U.S. markets
February 07, 2011
Egypt ETF Halts Creation OrdersDue to political unrest, Van Eck Global exercised its right to suspend creation orders of Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF
February 07, 2011
Is Topping 12,000 a Big Deal for the Dow?Expanding the horizon to also include the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 offers a broader picture of just how important Dow 12,000 is.
February 06, 2011
Stocks Stop Moving in Lockstep, Challenging Pros' AdviceFor 1 1/2 years, individual stocks moved with the broad market with little regard for the prospects of the companies behind them. But now some stocks are zigging while others are sagging, and knowing something about the companies, themselves, is important if you don't want to lose money.
February 04, 2011
Emerging-Asia Equity ETFs: Investing in Global-Growth LeadersSeveral exchange-traded funds focus on the newly industrialized Asian economies.
February 04, 2011
Andean ETF Introduced by Global XReturns in Chile were 51.1% last year and 48.5% in Colombia, according to Russell Investments.