Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Allianz: Some Want More Stocks And Annuities
By Staff WriterAbout 46% of U.S. adults feel good or very good about their personal financial situation, but only 17% feel the U.S. financial situation will be ...
December 01, 2008
Quiet, Please!Focus, discipline, and the ability to "turn everything off and just ignore the noise." These are the qualities that Philip Tasho, chief executive officer and...
December 01, 2008
The Paradox of Deleveraging(Phoenix) Paul McCulley, one of the keynote speakers at Commonwealth Financial Network's recent education conference, is a managing director of Pimco. He speaks frequently to...
December 01, 2008
The True Goal of IndependenceMany breakaway advisors eschew the label of "producer" in this current environment and want to position themselves as advisors on the side of their clients....
December 01, 2008
Northern Trust Launches Global ETFNorthern Trust's NETS FTSE CNBC Global 300 Index Fund ETF (MYG) was introduced for trading on the NYSE Arca stock exchange on November 19. The new...
December 01, 2008
Emerging-Markets MeltdownIt wasn't supposed to be like this. Emerging market stocks were supposed be the future of capital growth. They were a source of spectacular gains. In...
December 01, 2008
'A Financial Katrina'Ken Dychtwald and I were originally supposed to get together in late September in Atlanta, at Charles Schwab's IMPACT 08 conference. Dychtwald was one of...
December 01, 2008
Help Save Investors from ThemselvesAs America's financial crisis attempts to resolve itself, one can only wonder what comes next. So many unnerving events have happened during such a short...