Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Obama's Learning Curve: Will the President Absorb a Key Lesson of Market History?
By Staff WriterWhether you like or loathe him -- everyone can agree President Obama's term had a bumpy start -- at least for markets. His first few...
June 01, 2009
Demonizing the Financial Sector is FollyThe information technology revolution of the 1980s and 1990s is justly considered one of the highest American achievements in the 20th century. Its positive impacts...
May 31, 2009
Carpe diem!Are you guilty of blaming your lack of sales on the recession? Have you decreased your prospecting and networking efforts because of a pessimistic attitude? If so, you're not alone.
May 31, 2009
Navigating The New VA World With ClientsMany financial advisors are now seeing the insurers with which they do business raise prices, experience ratings downgrades, reduce wholesaling forces, decrease benefits and features, and, in some cases, eliminate optional benefits.
May 26, 2009
Ask the expert : How to explain the exclusion ratio?This article answers the question: Can you give me a simple way to explain the exclusion ratio in annuities?
May 25, 2009
Ask the expert : How to explain the exclusion ratio?This article answers the question: Can you give me a simple way to explain the exclusion ratio in annuities?
May 21, 2009
Merrill Fund Manager Survey Finds Surge in BullishnessSigns of exuberance appear in rush to emerging markets, according to the May results of Merrill Lynch's survey of fund managers.
May 20, 2009
Van Eck Launches Brazil ETFVan Eck Global has introduced the Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF (BRF), the first U.S.-listed exchange-traded fund (ETF) to focus on Brazilian small-cap stocks.