Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
What's Next for Goldman After United Cap Deal?
By Donal GriffinGoldman Sachs Group CFO Stephen Scherr describes the next area of opportunities for acquisitions in global wealth management.
June 06, 2019
UBS Echoes Wall Street Peers by Warning of 'Fragile' ConditionsBanks have been warning of a second-quarter slump as a host of risks — from the burgeoning trade war to Brexit and escalating tension between the U.S. and Iran — weigh on investor sentiment.
June 05, 2019
A New Era of Scale in the Private Capital MarketsThe top 20 managers by size currently control almost 30% of global private fund assets. What does this mean for the business?
June 05, 2019
An ETF Fashioned for a Trade WarThe Innovation Alpha Trade War ETF (TWAR) invests in companies that it says can best withstand a trade war.
June 04, 2019
Fed Chairman Signals Openness to Cutting RatesHe said the Fed was "closely monitoring the implications" of "trade negotiations and other matters" for the U.S. economic outlook.
June 04, 2019
Retirement Is Forced Upon Roughly 1 in 4 Americans: FedForced out of work or not, many Americans are unprepared for retirement, a Federal Reserve Board survey found.
June 04, 2019
10 Ritzy Retirement Havens for the WealthySome offer celebrity-designed golf courses, others their own landing strip. And yes, the Ritz is on this list.
June 03, 2019
A Timeline of the Contentious Fiduciary RulesThe SEC's Regulation Best Interest was born out of a years-long struggle to regulate brokers as fiduciaries.