Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Myanmar May Float Currency
By Marlene Y. SatterResource-rich Myanmar may be about to undo one of the financial holdovers of 50 years of military rule: it could be preparing to decouple the kyat from the International Monetary Funds special drawing rightsa 35-year-long restriction that kept the official exchange rate at about 6.4 kyat to the dollar.
March 02, 2012
David Stockman: Time to Eat BroccoliReagan's budget director says we should means test Medicare and Social Security -- and let the 2001 tax cuts expire.
March 01, 2012
Going Small With Our Neighbor to the NorthMaintaining diversification in an international portfolio has not been an easy job over the last few years.
March 01, 2012
Everything Old is New AgainI recently received an email from an advisor who took issue with much of the premise behind my November 2011 Investment Advisor column: Not Your Fathers Commodity Investments.
March 01, 2012
How Green Was My PolicyAs the headlines over extreme weather conditions and the cost of natural disasters swell, some insurance companies are rising to the challenge.
March 01, 2012
OppenheimerFunds’ George Evans on Slow Growth and Double-Blended ScotchGeorge Evans is an expert at finding growth in a slow growth world, and his skills are certainly being put to the test.
March 01, 2012
State Street Rolls Out Emerging Market, All World ETFsThe two new products, the SPDR MSCI EM 50 and SPDR MSCI ACWI IMI ETFs, give investors more choices in their global-investing universe
March 01, 2012
Nasdaq Finds Its MojoGuess whos back on top? The Nasdaq Composite that wretched group of tech stocks some investors have grown to hate.