Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Gloomy Christmas in the Eurozone
By Marlene Y. SatterAusterity measures have hit hard in the eurozone nations struggling under the burden of huge debts.
December 26, 2011
A Warren Buffett ETF?We know that financial product developers have thought about introducing a Warren Buffett ETF, not because the investing public really needs it, but because theres no shortage of dubious ideas. Interestingly, though, financial marketers might not have to invent a Buffett ETF because one already exists.
December 26, 2011
An All-Season ApproachDepending on the latest European crisis report or economic signals from China, the U.S. markets have been gyrating between risk-on and risk-off days. If…
December 26, 2011
The Joy of WakefulnessWaking up in 2012 from the nightmare of the past years financial crisis is a bewildering experience. Like Egypts Pharaoh in the Book of Genesis, did seven emaciated cows really eat seven fat cows? Do we still have two and a half lean years to go? Sitting up in our...
December 26, 2011
The Debt Retirees Owe to FibonacciYou might have heard of Leonardo Pisano filius (family, in Latin) Bonacci, a.k.a. Fibonacci (1170-1250), probably the most famous mathematician of the Middle Ages.
December 26, 2011
The Market Really is More Volatile TodayWARNING: THE LIFEGUARDS NOT ON duty. Swim at your own risk.Thats the way investment advisor Richard Bregman views todays market. If you go into the water, there might be riptides, sharks, says the CEO of MJB Asset Management, a New York-based firm that manages a little over $100 million in...
December 26, 2011
Target: Wall StreetThe question is not whether the financial industry will encounter a volatile and difficult political climate this election year. The question is just how tough that climate will be.
December 26, 2011
Moving UpDavid G. Ross, CFAStifel [email protected] hosted a conference call with Rob Martinez, CEO of Shipware, LLC, a parcel auditing and…