Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Going Japanese, I really think so
By John SullivanThe Financial Times reports the Japanese government on Wednesday conceded that the country's longest post-war economic expansion may be over as it reported a drop...
August 01, 2008
Van Eck Targets MideastWhen it rains, it pours. And lately, it's been pouring Middle East-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Van Eck Global is the latest provider to introduce an...
August 01, 2008
Smaller Stocks Holding UpThis year, there haven't been many havens for stock investors, but two areas are holding their own: small- and mid-size company stocks. ETFs following mid- and...
August 01, 2008
Driving Green on Regular GasWe can't all be driving electric, hybrid, or biofuel-powered cars, yet, but there are things we can do to reduce the amount of energy that...
August 01, 2008
The Oil 'Bubble'West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil (WTI), as measured by the United States Oil Fund (USO) has doubled in the past 12 months. Investors and consumers,...
August 01, 2008
Japan: Closed for RemodelingJapan is amazing. Its economy stagnated for nearly two decades even as the rest of the world experienced dynamic economic growth, a technology revolution and...
August 01, 2008
PIMCO's El-Erian Tells FAs, 'This Time It's Different!'(Chicago) Unlike the presidential candidates, the opening-address speaker at the 2008 Morningstar Investor Conference -- held June 25-27 in Chicago -- is not trying to...
August 01, 2008
Oil's Not WellThe residential area around Columbia University is very quiet on summer afternoons. Some local restaurants don't bother to serve lunch, and empty tables at Metisse,...