Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Berkshire’s Munger Addresses Life After Buffett
By James J. GreenBerkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger uses the firm's shareholder letter to address "the elephant in the room."
March 02, 2015
Ibbotson Shares Results for Target Dates, Asset GroupsDuring the final quarter of 2014 the average target-date fund gained 1.7%, trailing both the S&P 500 (4.9%) and the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index…
March 02, 2015
Dirty Drugs: The Next Frontier in Health CareScientists are looking for new and better antibiotics from bacteria found in dirt.
March 02, 2015
Get Realistic About Green TechnologyThe quest for cleaner energy encounters limitations.
March 02, 2015
Will 2015 Be Gold's Year?A volatile beginning to 2015 is helping gold to regain some of its mojo. The U.S. stock market got off to a shaky start in January, and instability in…
March 02, 2015
Bill Gross: Hunker Down for Global Currency WarIt was actually the U.S. that fired the first shot in a currency war whose risks investors must mitigate through conservative investments, Janus' Gross warns.
March 02, 2015
The Role of Cash in a Portfolio: Searching for Alpha for March 2015There are pragmatic and strategic reasons to keep cash in the portfolio now. Then there's the high valuation of U.S. stocks.
February 27, 2015
FOMC Vice Chairman: Fed Should Hold Off on Rate HikeThe influential vice chairman of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee says hiking rates too early is riskier than being "a bit late."