Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Vanguard Adjusts 4 Global Funds
By Janet LevauxThe fund giant adds small-cap stocks to four international equity investments but doesnt raise fees.
June 01, 2015
Physics and InnovationWhile Ive never seen any good research on the topic, anecdotally Ive met many investment advisors who have hard-science backgrounds, at least on the undergraduate level, and areas like economics and mathematics are at least sciences (our own Ben Warwick has undergraduate degrees in chemical engineering, physics and chemistry, in...
June 01, 2015
Global Investing: Where Hot Prospects Are Today & TomorrowA variety of growth prospects in the developed and developing world bode well for investors.
June 01, 2015
How to Dodge the New Medicare Surcharge BulletThe new Medicare Doc Fix law will subject more retired clients to the highest Medicare premium rates, but planning techniques can minimize the impact.
June 01, 2015
3 Reasons We’re Not at a Market Top: Searching for Alpha for June 2015Disappointing GDP data and hints of an impending rate hike led some market watchers to predict a stock drop. Are they leaving the party early?
June 01, 2015
Chinese Stocks: Too Hot to Handle?A continued equity bull market in the Asian nation depends on several important catalysts.
May 29, 2015
ECB Worried About Fed-Driven CrashWhat keeps European central bankers awake at night? Worries about their American colleagues.
May 29, 2015
Advisors Still Favor Active Management, but Preferences Are Shifting: Practical PerspectivesOf the 40% of surveyed advisors who changed allocations, most did so by increasing their use of passively managed investments, Practical Perspectives found.