Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
World's Top 20 Biggest Wealth Managers
By Michael S. FischerADV Ratings ranked the firms, including all four wirehouses, by assets under management.
September 10, 2020
How Behavioral Finance Can Help Clients and AdvisorsAdvisors using these techniques tend to educate clients about potential volatility and urge them to expect it, according to a recent industry report.
September 10, 2020
How to Talk Politics With Clients Ahead of the ElectionHartford Funds' John Diehl says these chats "can uncover further details on what clients' value ... and ultimately help foster a strong, effective relationship."
September 10, 2020
Top 10 Questions Investors Are Asking Right Now: LPLRyan Detrick, chief market strategist for LPL Financial, tackles top concerns as the volatility index, or VIX, starts to creep up again.
September 10, 2020
Senate Democrats Block GOP Stimulus BillAndy Friedman of The Washington Update says reaching a deal on a bill "will be tough" as partisanship further ramps up ahead of the elections.
September 10, 2020
Putnam Fixed Income Chief to RetireMichael Salm has been named co-chief investment officer and will succeed Bill Kohli in mid-2021.
September 09, 2020
Half of Natixis Strategists See Another Market SelloffThe firm's strategists overwhelmingly expect ESG investing to be a post-pandemic market winner.
September 08, 2020
Gundlach Hedges His Prediction of Trump Win, Calls Investor Behavior 'Terrifying'His "base case" is still a Trump victory, but all bets are off in the case of a major COVID flare-up, Gundlach says.