Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Climate Change Brings Threats, Opportunities to Chilean Economy
By Marlene Y. SatterPolitical scandals arent the only thing weighing down the Chilean economy these days.
June 15, 2015
Maria Bartiromo: More ‘Money Hammer’ Than ‘Money Honey’The Fox anchor talks to ThinkAdvisor about her advice for FAs, why business news is sexy and why beauty only gets a journalist so far.
June 15, 2015
Most Americans Lack Basic Social Security Knowledge: MassMutual SurveyMassMutual gave 1,513 Americans a 10-question, true-or-false Social Security quiz. Only one got every answer right.
June 12, 2015
This Research Could Push Back a Fed September Rate HikeFed officials are about to publish new quarterly forecasts, and all eyes are going to be on where they set the job market's Goldilocks rate.
June 12, 2015
Schwab, TD Ameritrade Post Strong Asset Growth, Beat IndexesSchwab reports total assets of $2.57 trillion $1.27 trillion of which is advised assets; TD has total assets of $710 billion.
June 12, 2015
Consumer sentiment in U.S. climbed more than forecast in JuneThe labor market has buoyed consumers attitudes, even as gas pump prices rise from the cheapest rates since 2009.
June 12, 2015
El-Erian: Fed to hike rates in SeptemberThe pending interest rate boost will be very different from previous hikes, the economist says.
June 11, 2015
El-Erian: Fed to Hike Rates in SeptemberThe impending tightening of monetary policy, the economist says, will be "the loosest tightening in the modern history of central banking."