Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
The Market Dependency of Private Equity Funds: Searching for Alpha for September 2014
By Ben WarwickPE funds are more market dependent than you might suspect. Here's why, and how, along with how the market indexes performed in August.
August 29, 2014
Managed Futures and Fixed Income, Part 2: Odd Couple of DiversificationManaged futures offer significant diversification in portfolios holding not just high-yield bonds, but also for investment-grade and muni bond holders.
August 28, 2014
How to Measure Good, Bad Stock PickersETFs that track industry sectors can be an investor's best friend.
August 27, 2014
What to Expect When You’re Expecting … a Rate HikeThe endlessly discussed, yet-to-happen but highly feared Fed interest rate hikes are likely to be far more benign than investors imagine, Northern Trust says.
August 27, 2014
Typical PPACA exchange users may be brokeA "large majority" may have income below 225 percent of the federal poverty level.
August 26, 2014
How to help your clients win the "longevity lotto"Economics professor Keith Bender states that a top secret to having a happy retirement includes "buying yourself income."
August 26, 2014
Investor Confidence Ticks Up, Indexes ShowOutlooks for the economy and labor market have either improved or roughly stayed the same throughout August, three major confidence measures show.
August 26, 2014
Motif Investing Targets Corporate InversionsThe recently launched Tax Inversion Targets motif is a 25-stock tradable index of potential tax-inversion targets domiciled in tax havens.