Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Fed of 1970s shows capacity clues may mislead
By Simon Kennedy, BloombergThe decision of central banks to focus more on economic slack as a barometer of when inflation will become a problem could backfire.
March 31, 2014
Yellen: Economy Will Need Fed’s Support for ‘Some Time’Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen used a speech to a community development conference in Chicago to make the case for continued Fed stimulus.
March 31, 2014
El-Erian: How to Ease Threat to Global Stocks From Ukraine CrisisMohamed El-Erian, chief economic advisor to Allianz, lists five possible developments in Ukraine that would reassure global investors.
March 30, 2014
Top Portfolio Products: Context Asset Management Rolls Out Alt Mutual FundSolactive AG launches MLP bond index, and SunGard introduced a fiduciary review tool.
March 28, 2014
Shiller on Investing: ‘Get an Advisor’Markets will always have bubbles thanks to human nature, Yale economist Robert Shiller says, and financial advisors can help cut through the buzz.
March 27, 2014
How Tax Efficient Is Your Muni Bond Portfolio?Investors typically think of municipal bond products as being tax-free. However, in many cases, that is not the reality.
March 27, 2014
Axel Merk Makes Case for Gold With 80 Years of DataLooking at 10-year, 30-plus year and 80-year time frames, Axel Merk finds that including gold always enhanced risk-adjusted portfolio returns.
March 27, 2014
FINRA Examining Trading in New Puerto Rico BondsThe Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said its examining trading in the $3.5 billion of general-obligation bonds that Puerto Rico sold this month.