Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
When the proposal costs more than a wedding
By Staff WriterMarriage proposals have become so popular that proposal planners now exist.
March 19, 2013
Your Client’s Brain: Can’t Make a Decision? Flip a Coin (Really!)The work of Dan Ariely and Linda Graham suggests one simple yet effective way to help clients make a decision.
March 19, 2013
Why You and Your Clients Should Care About the Cyprus BailoutThe EU just breached the safety of savings accounts everywhere. Can you say "bank run"?
March 18, 2013
Where the bank really keeps your moneyIn the banking bailout of Cyprus, the government admitted that it could no longer meet its own deposit insurance guarantees.
March 18, 2013
El-Erian on Cyprus: ‘Europe Lit Two Sticks of Dynamite’Bond chief says the island's plan to tax bank deposits risks social unrest.
March 15, 2013
What Chinese are worried aboutJust about everything, the Chinese are just worried about everything.
March 15, 2013
Stock Market Rally Means 400,000 New MillionairesThe recent stock market rally has been good for investorsand by extension advisors. But will it last?
March 15, 2013
Aviva USA launches new annuity seriesAviva USA, a unit of Aviva plc, announced their new Target Benefit series of annuities this week.