Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Stolid Switzerland’s Different Path
By Alexei BayerBoth the U.S. and Switzerland are pulling out of the post-2008 global economic slump on the wave of speculative bubbles. But while Washington is stoking its bubble, hoping for faster growth, the Swiss are working to prevent theirs from getting out of hand.
April 29, 2013
The Fed's favorite measure of inflation continues to fall: QE is here to stayQuantitative easing isnt going anywhere just like the economy.
April 29, 2013
Grantham: Fewer Babies, More Windmills ‘Our Last, Best Hope’Hedge fund manager Jeremy Grantham considers it a lucky thing that wealthy people now view offspring as inconvenient and desperately expensive.
April 29, 2013
Don’t Sell in May, Says Raymond James StrategistRaymond James Chief Investment Strategist Jeffrey Saut tells advisors that the strong market should continue for several months.
April 26, 2013
5 reasons why low rates can’t stop annuity salesNew product features are keeping fixed and fixed indexed annuities attractive, despite continuing low interest rates.
April 26, 2013
5 reasons why low rates can’t stop annuity salesNew product features are keeping fixed and fixed indexed annuities attractive, despite continuing low interest rates.
April 26, 2013
Wealth Rises for Top Earners, Declines for the Lower 93%: PewOccupy Wall Street might have to widen its target; from now on, call them the 93%.
April 26, 2013
Who Pays the Bill for Terrorism?Beyond the unfathomable evil perpetrated on April 15 in Bostonhuman losses that can never be measuredcome the more mundane, quantifiable aspects of the mayhem of which the Tsarnaev brothers are suspected.