Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Is a US Recession Coming? Yield Curve Sounds Loudest Warning Since 2007
By Emily BarrettThe inversion of the yield curve is at its most extreme since the financial crisis.
August 02, 2019
How Trump-Fed Game of Chicken Will End: Andy FriedmanWho will blink first — and when? A Washington insider offers ThinkAdvisor his thoughts.
August 02, 2019
Market Pullback Possible Over Trade, Tariffs: Andy FriedmanThe president's use of tariffs "has confused the markets and caused volatility," the Washington Update author says.
August 01, 2019
6 Signs Market Uncertainty Is Here to StayMorningstar's quantitative research looked at key market measurements for insight into the rest of the year.
August 01, 2019
Vanguard Reopens Dividend Growth Fund, Increases Access to Alternative FundsThe changes affect both retail and institutional investors.
August 01, 2019
Trump Criticizes Fed Rate Cut: 'Powell Let Us Down'Trump has suggested he might fire Powell or demote him as Fed chair but it's not clear he has the legal authority to do either.
July 31, 2019
Fed Cuts Rates for the First Time Since the Great RecessionFed Chairman Jerome Powell called it a "mid-cycle adjustment policy."
July 31, 2019
Is Investing in Cannabis a Conservative Move or a Risky One?Since federal laws draw a line for legal cannabis investing, is it a mundane investment or a risky alternative?