Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
What's Behind The Recent Momentum In SPIA Sales
By Lowell AronoffSingle premium immediate annuity (SPIA) sales are increasing faster than other fixed annuity markets. Why?There is now general agreement among academics, economists and most others ...
January 01, 2008
Schwab Expands Laudus FundsCharles Schwab has announced the expansion of its Laudus Funds lineup and a new sub-advisory relationship with Mondrian Investment Partners Limited of London. The new...
January 01, 2008
Currency CollapseThe past year was marked by such a dramatic decline of the dollar that it can almost be described as a collapse. The once mighty...
January 01, 2008
First-Hand Look at the FedSince last September, Vincent Reinhart has been resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think tank, where he has the freedom to conduct...
January 01, 2008
Global Growth On Track, Manager SaysU.S. Global Investors' East European Fund (EUROX) is among the industry leaders when it comes to five-year annualized returns, according to Lipper, which notes that...
January 01, 2008
Up to the ChallengeBoomers have come of age to retire and that event, alone, has sparked an epiphany. Until we took notice of the fact that the oldest boomers...
January 01, 2008
Deep in the Heart of TexasAt least seven different financial advisory firms vie for business in wealthy little Corsicana, Texas -- population 25,000 -- where ample oil profits have made...
December 31, 2007
Want financial success? Quit reading.I was going through some old magazines I had saved for one reason or another when I came across an article in the Aug. 14, 2000 issue of Fortune, entitled "10 stocks to last the decade." The timing of the article was interesting. We were five months