Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Is Market Volatility Spooking 401(k) Investors?
By Nick ThorntonBalances in 401(k) accounts dropped due to recent volatility and unusual trading volume. Here's what happened and how recordkeepers dealt with nervous sponsors.
September 04, 2015
Is This a Bear Market or a Correction?When stocks sink, its time to review both terminology and history, Ron DeLegge writes.
September 04, 2015
Payrolls rise 173,000 as jobless rate falls to 5.1 percentThe gain in payrolls, while less than forecast, followed advances in July that were stronger than previously reported.
September 03, 2015
When a Crash Comes, Will Robos’ Clients Run?The market will have to suffer a "bigger dip" than it felt last week to scare investors away, David Lyon of Oranj said.
September 03, 2015
Shiller Ditches U.S. Stocks, Says It’s a ‘Dangerous Time’The Nobel Prize-winning Yale professors CAPE ratio is signaling a warning for stocks, he said on CNBC.
September 03, 2015
Top Portfolio Products: DoubleLine Adds Strategic Commodity FundEGA rolls out an emerging markets ETF, and Aberdeen wraps up purchase of FLAG Capital.
September 02, 2015
Bill Gross: Fed Rate Hike Will Be ‘Too Little, Too Late’ to Restore ‘Old Normal’ ProsperityThe Janus fund manager has a lot to say about the ravages of years of zero-bound interest rates.
September 02, 2015
Most Downloaded SSRN Paper Ever Says You Should Be in CashMeb Faber's market timing paper from 2006 says portfolios should have ended last month in all cash and bonds as it said for 2008.