Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Investors Expect Robust Q4 Market Close: E-Trade
By Michael S. FischerInvestors eye opportunities in IT and energy as year-end approaches.
October 17, 2017
How to Use ‘What If’ Scenario Planning as Risk ManagementLuis Maizel, co-founder of LM Capital Group, said he and his team always have 40 or 50 life scenarios planned.
October 17, 2017
Fed Needs a New Party Line on InflationAfter a while, continual special factors become a deflationary trend in a world where production capacity and labor exceed demand.
October 16, 2017
Move Over, Vanguard: State Street Slashes ETF Fees to Industry LowsIt is also launching SPDR Portfolios ETFs, a suite of 15 low-cost funds that will be available on TD Ameritrade's newly expanded ETF Market Center.
October 16, 2017
3 Female Portfolio Managers Share Their Investing PicksThis is the Raymond James Womens Symposiums first portfolio management panel in its 23-year history.
October 16, 2017
Change Finance Launches Impact Investing ETF: Portfolio ProductsImpactUs Marketplace adds two new issuers, and Northern Trust launches a new ESG fund.
October 15, 2017
More Sustainable Investments Are Beating the CompetitionBarron's and Morningstar find that a growing percentage of sustainable funds are outperforming conventional funds.
October 13, 2017
BlackRock’s Fink Sees More Systemic Risk Than the VIX Would Have You BelieveLarry Fink, who runs the worlds largest asset manager, isnt calling for a sharp correction in global markets, but he sees how one could happen.