Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Investors Shunning Most Emerging Markets, but TIMPs Shine
By Janet LevauxAs first-quarter results start to roll in, some overseas markets are posting impressive equity market upticks.
March 28, 2013
S&P 500 Closes at Record High, Topping ’07 MarkThe S&P 500 closed at a new high, three weeks after the Dow obliterated its own closing record.
March 28, 2013
SEC to Hold Fixed-Income Roundtable April 16The four-panel event will discuss potential ways to improve the transparency and efficiency of fixed-income markets.
March 28, 2013
Middle-class Americans saved $1,400 less by 2005 because of income inequalityKeeping up with the Joneses cost middle-income families $1,400 a year up to 2005.
March 28, 2013
2013: The year of the RMD tax bubbleOverall wealth may be less important than in what vehicle your clients assets are held.
March 28, 2013
2013: The year of the RMD tax bubbleOverall wealth may be less important than in what vehicle your clients assets are held.
March 27, 2013
Advisors more optimistic about markets than their clientsFinancial advisors are far more optimistic than the average investor about the performance of capital markets over the next three years, new research show.
March 26, 2013
Illinois Settles SEC Fraud Charge Over PensionsGov. Pat Quinns administration admitted no wrongdoing in the way state officials borrowed money to pay pension obligations through $2.2 billion in municipal bond sales from 2005 to 2009.