Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Big Financial Firms Set for 'Lackluster' Q3'18 Earnings
By Janet LevauxJPMorgan, Wells Fargo and Citi report results on Friday, followed by Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs early next week.
October 10, 2018
The Danger of Rising Bond Yields, and the OpportunitiesThere are multiple reasons for the latest stock market slump, and rising bond yields are among them.
October 10, 2018
Fear Not a 'Narrow' Stock Market: BlackRockBlackRock's global chief investment strategist sees recent strong equity performance as broad-based and driven by fundamentals.
October 10, 2018
U.S. Stocks Plunge; Dow Off More Than 800 PointsThe Dow and S&P 500 finished the tumultuous session down more than 3%.
October 10, 2018
12 Best US Cities to Find Work-Life BalanceThese places are likely to be small or midsize, an analysis of 46 cities by FitSmallBusiness found.
October 09, 2018
Do Economic Cycles Die of Old Age?The U.S. is in its second longest economic expansion in history. Is time running out?
October 09, 2018
20 Best Paying Jobs for College Business Majors: 2018PayScale collects salary data from 2.3 million alumni of more than 4,000 universities to determine, among other things, mid-career salary potential of these jobs and related majors.
October 09, 2018
Morningstar's September Winners & LosersAnalysts assigned new ratings to four U.S. funds and — new as of last month — six SMAs.