Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Dear Mr. President ...
By Staff WriterDear Mr. President (and Mr./Ms. Investor): You have inherited a mess. This is the subject of a recent monthly investment-outlook newsletter penned by Bill Gross. Gross,...
September 01, 2008
Good for GM?"What's good for General Motors is good for the country," GM president Charles Erwin Wilson reportedly declared in the Senate in 1953. Historians claim that...
August 31, 2008
Helping to protect veterans' LTC coverageQ. I sell LTC insurance in an area with a lot of veterans. I know the Veterans' Administration will pay for LTC coverage in certain situations, which certainly affects my sales. What kind of coverage does the VA provide? A. The
August 27, 2008
Boomer earnings2015 - Estimated earnings peak for early boomers, compared with 2025 for late boomers. $90,000 - Estimated peak earnings for early boomers, compared with...
August 27, 2008
Durable goods do some goodSmall victory, we know, but we'll take it. Investors took heart this week from better-than-expected data on durable goods orders, in spite of a rise...
August 21, 2008
Changing savings strategies58%: Percentage of independent registered investment advisers who expect the S&P 500 to rise in the next six months. 57%: Percentage who attribute that rise to falling energy prices in the second half of the year. 71%: Percentage
August 20, 2008
High-Yield Dividend Stocks: The Silent Winner (Commentary)In a quest for protection from increasingly volatile markets, investors have yanked a page out of legendary value investor Benjamin Graham's tome, The Intelligent Investor, and are persistently seekin
August 11, 2008
Economist: America's "knowledge revolution" fadingThe high growth and innovation that have been the hallmarks of the nation's economy for the past two decades are coming to an end, Wells...