Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Pioneer Adds VA Guarantee For 2
By Staff WriterA Boston mutual fund company is adding a variable annuity feature than can convert retirement savings into a guaranteed lifetime income stream for married couples.The ...
January 03, 2006
Two Trends That Will Continue in 2006, and One that Won'tFor those that survived the year that was, some congratulations are in order. After living through the bird flu scare, horrific natural disasters, and an inverted yield curve, one must wonder what the next twelve months hold.
January 01, 2006
Trading by the CalendarThe January Effect is the Elvis of the investment management world. Some think it's still alive (and working in a convenience store in Des Moines);...
January 01, 2006
Boxes Are Not ClassesIn the September 2005 Investment Advisor, we showed that investing constrained by characteristics (value-growth and market capitalization) costs investors almost 300 basis points per year...
January 01, 2006
Getting Ready for a Leap in LongevityLongevity increased by 40 years in the last century and may do so again in the first quarter of this century. The reasons are laid...
January 01, 2006
Mostly Sunny or Partly CloudyLike most questions, the answer depends on whom you ask. We are fortunate here at Investment Advisor in that we have not one expert to...
December 21, 2005
S&P/Citigroup Indexes DebutStandard & Poor's on [December 19] debuted six indexes that replaced the S&P/Barra indexes. The new S&P/Citigroup indexes are market cap-weighted, and divide the cap of...