Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Real Estate Broker to the Stars Says Millennials Are Driving Up Home Prices
By Jane Wollman RusoffIan L. Brooks, who worked with Meryl Streep, tells ThinkAdvisor the 10 hottest housing markets and why prices aren't falling anytime soon.
June 29, 2018
Bob Doll Checks In on His 10 Predictions for 2018Nuveen expects a 'less perfect' year than 2017.
June 29, 2018
Arnott: 'Buy High and Sell Low With Index Funds!'An analysis from Research Affiliates reveals that index funds are notorious for this buy-high/sell-low dynamic.
June 29, 2018
Get Ready for Higher Car Prices Due to Trade TariffsAverage expected increase: $1,262 for U.S.-made cars, $4,205 for foreign imports, says the National Taxpayers Union Foundation.
June 28, 2018
Fed Stress Tests Force 6 U.S. Banks to Scale Back DividendsJPMorgan Chase reduced its proposed payout; Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley froze them at last year's levels.
June 28, 2018
Asset Manager of the Year Robert Gray on Finding 'Highest Quality' BondsGW&K Investment Management's head of national accounts tells Investment Advisor what it thinks of rising rates and related issues.
June 28, 2018
General Electric: Three Lessons for Advisors, InvestorsThe iconic company was just removed from the Dow, and its decline offers several important lessons for FAANG-obsessed market followers.
June 27, 2018
Justice Kennedy Announces Retirement, Setting Stage for Nomination Battle"Please permit me by this letter to express my profound gratitude for having had the privilege to seek in each case how best to know, interpret, and defend the Constitution and the laws that must always conform to its mandates and promises," Kennedy said in a letter to President Trump.