Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Risk Is Up, Oil Is Down in Emerging Markets
By Savita Iyer-AhrestaniThere was a time when news like South Africas narrow escape from a credit downgrade would have led to investor flight. But times have changed.
December 18, 2014
Fidelity’s Feingold: 5 Investing Strategies for 2015Jeffrey Feingold of Fidelity Magellan, a fund with 16% average annual returns over the past half-century, discusses his investing themes.
December 18, 2014
Consumer confidence in U.S. rose to 7-year high last weekThe pick-up in sentiment is welcome news for U.S. businesses in the midst of the holiday season.
December 17, 2014
5 Flags the Market Is Waving at the FedA look at several charts tells the story of the factors weighing on traders' minds.
December 17, 2014
Fed Vows Patience on Rates, Drops ‘Considerable Time’Wording change is consistent with recent policy moves and is meant to give Fed flexibility to raise rates if economy accelerates.
December 17, 2014
Frontier Markets Gain Interest: MorningstarWhile China, Brazil and Russia have begun to slow, Morningstar analyst says many frontier-market economies are entering a period of mid- to high-single-digit growth.
December 17, 2014
Senate Passes Tax Extenders BillTax extender package applies only to 2014 and will last two more weeks.
December 16, 2014
China’s One-Child PolicyLast November, Chinas Communist Party announced that it would relax its famed one-child policy. Will Chinas new family planning policies actually have an impact?