Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Moody’s Downgrades 5 Egyptian Banks; UAE Regulations on Bank Fees
By Marlene Y. SatterAs demonstrations continued in Egypt and the nation’s banks remained closed, Moody’s downgraded five of the nation’s banks Wednesday morning and said they were on review for additional downgrades.
February 01, 2011
The GLWB conundrum for advisors, part 1As 60,000 baby boomers retire each week, financial advisors struggle to indentify which guaranteed retirement income solutions will most effectively address their client's retirement fears.
February 01, 2011
The GLWB conundrum for advisors, part 1As 60,000 baby boomers retire each week, financial advisors struggle to indentify which guaranteed retirement income solutions will most effectively address their client's retirement fears.
February 01, 2011
Asset Allocation: February 2011Overall, 2011 will continue the economic and market volatility of 2010. The global economy remains out of balance, teetering back and forth between the…
February 01, 2011
Advisors Without Borders: A Guide to Frontier MarketsFew may know or even care to know that the West African nation of Nigeria has one of the lowest consumption rates of sugar worldwide, and that the government…
February 01, 2011
Less Pain, Less GainThe economic downturn that started in 2008 and is stretching into 2011 has been the deepest and the most protracted in U.S. economic history since the…
February 01, 2011
State of the Union: Dithering on Retirement CrisisFinancial advisors are uniquely positioned to assure pre-retirees will be self-supporting in their later years
February 01, 2011
Executives Worldwide See Spending Cuts as Top Fix for Government DebtA survey by RBC Capital Markets said that top business executives worldwide, concerned about the level of debt in their nations’ economies, saw spending cuts, not tax increases, as the chief remedy for governments.