Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
The Best SEC Speech Ever
By Jonathan WeilAn SEC lifer retires, and blasts the agency's 'broken-windows' strategy and revolving door to Wall St.
April 09, 2014
DOL Fiduciary Plan Could Hurt Workers Changing Jobs: StudyThe DOL fiduciary proposal could lead more workers, particularly lower earners, to cash out their retirement plans by barring them from advice, Quantria Strategies says.
April 08, 2014
Even for Institutions, Investment Decisions Go Beyond MoneyAlmost 90% of institutional investors consider nonfinancial information when making investment decisions, a report released Tuesday by EY found.
April 08, 2014
Don’t Retire, Be Happy (and Help the Economy, Too)With financially unprepared boomers careening toward a retirement train wreck, a study showing a happiness premium for older workers may have come just in time.
April 08, 2014
Time for a Comeback in Cyclical Stocks?LPL Financials Jeffrey Kleintop says theres a tight relationship between economic surprises and the performance of non-defensive equities.
April 07, 2014
Investor Education Is ‘Futile,’ ‘Totally Discredited’: DalbarDalbar's 20th annual behavior study finds, yet again, that the average mutual fund investor underperforms. The firm offers four things advisors can do to help.
April 07, 2014
14 Best Paying Jobs for College Business Majors: 2014Thousands of college students graduate every year with business majors, but which jobs offer the best paying career path?
April 06, 2014
DeLegge: Why Do Exchanges Still Ignore Cheaters?The previous era of low-tech cheating has simply been replaced by high-tech cheating with software algorithms.