Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Warren Buffett’s 8 Warnings for Investors
By James J. GreenThe Oracle of Omaha owns up to his failings in the 50th annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letter, providing plenty of investing advice along the way.
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."
February 27, 2015
Keith Hall Named New CBO Director, Replacing ElmendorfKeith Hall, chief economist of the International Trade Commission, will start his four-year term on April 1.
February 25, 2015
12 Best & Worst Broker-Dealers: Q4 Earnings, 2014Heres how some of the biggest firms earnings compared over the fourth quarter.