Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
New York: the Next Bubble to Burst?
By Alexei BayerThe city's real estate boom becomes ominous.
May 04, 2015
Equal Weight: Middle Road of ETF InvestingOver the past 50 years, the nature of index investing has changed radically, as index-based funds like ETFs have taken a prominent place in portfolio management.…
May 04, 2015
Bill Gross Warns Investors: ‘Get Down Off This Peak’The Janus Funds manager is warning that the Himalayan heights investors have scaled over a 35-year bull market leave no more room to climb.
May 04, 2015
Warren Buffett’s 10 Nuggets of Wisdom: Berkshire Meeting, 2015What the Oracle of Omaha really thinks about hedge fund fees, the future of sugary drinks and more.
May 04, 2015
Fed seeks data showing happiness is a full shopping cartReal disposable incomes rose 6.2 percent in the first quarter, the most in more than two years.
May 01, 2015
A Little-Known Bond Vehicle for When Interest Rates RiseTarget date bond ETFs have been skating under the radar since 2010. But that could change when markets become convinced that rates will soon rise.
May 01, 2015
Retail Investors Still Bullish, for NowThe gap is narrowing between the bulls and the bears, E-Trade Financials quarterly tracking study finds.
May 01, 2015
GMO’s Grantham: Some Boom Left Before the DoomJeremy Grantham thinks the market will rise another 8% before the bubble bursts, leaving a legacy of multiyear negative real returns.