Economic Trends
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Keynes’ Theory Turns 75 as Debate on Government Spending Rages On
By Gil WeinreichNobel-prize winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman addressed the plenary session of the conference, held at Keynes’ alma mater, Cambridge University, this week.
May 13, 2011
Nobel Economist Stiglitz Accuses Budget Hawks of ‘Deficit Fetishism’The Nobel Prize winner argues austerity measures limit growth; message aimed for Brussels or Washington?
May 02, 2011
Advisor Confidence Index Falls as Year ProgressesAlthough the Rydex/SGI Advisor Confidence Index began 2011 at nearly a four-year high, it has steadily eroded since then as conditions in the global economy take their toll.
April 30, 2011
Advisors: How to overcome price objectionsMost of us know in our bones that if a client objects on price, the problem is not really price. Conventional wisdom says the problem is value.
April 27, 2011
Fed's Bernanke, in First Press Conference, Rules Out QE3Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke said during his first press conference that the economic recovery was “proceeding at a moderate pace and overall conditions in the labor market are improving gradually.” He also said the Fed was “looking carefully at inflation.”
April 01, 2011
Electric Utilities: Powered UpMichael S. Worms BMO Capital Markets Corp. 212-885-4031 [email protected] With the 4Q10 earnings season now complete, following are some of our perceptions…
March 30, 2011
Advisor Confidence Slips Further, Echoing Consumer UncertaintyThe drop marks the second month in a row that Rydex|SGI Advisor Confidence Index fell on the day after consumer confidence report showed a decline.
March 29, 2011
Advisor ethics: Dating, emotions and the truth about price objectionHow often have you tried to convince a price-objecting client that actually, the value of the product or solution is quite high. I don't know about you, but in my experience, it has rarely worked.