Economy & Markets
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Bold Forecasts but Timid Choices
By Bob SeawrightWHEN I WAS MUCH YOUNGER and new to working in the capital markets, an excellent mentor taught me a market maxim that has served me well. More money has been lost because of four words than at the point of a gun. Those four words are This time is different....
September 29, 2011
Do Credit Ratings Matter?Over the past few years, credit rating agencies have done a lot to diminish their credibility. Not only did they contribute to the Great Meltdown by inaccurately rating debt, but they have allowed the role of credit ratings to become murkier. What do the ratings now mean for financial advisors...
September 29, 2011
Are Europe’s Bank Notes Safe?Firmly established in Wall Streets rich history are financial products which are sold as safe that turn out to carry risk reminiscent of a slot machine gamble.
September 29, 2011
ETF Inflows to Hit $100 BillionDespite a sluggish U.S. economy and the governments debt crisis, the brisk pace of investment dollars flowing into ETFs continues.
September 29, 2011
Graham ETNs RedeemedWhile Benjamin Grahams deep value strategy for selecting stocks lives on, exchange-traded notes (ETNs) that attempted to mimic him wont.
September 29, 2011
Energy: Ramping UpSelman AkyolStifel Nicolaus(314) 342-2158 [email protected] Pipeline Partners LP (APL) announced 2Q11 results, reporting distributable cash flow (DCF)…
September 29, 2011
IRA Rollovers & RelationshipsA report released in early September by Spectrem focuses on a survey of nearly 1,000 investors who had recently made a rollover or had the opportunity to rollover assets, and found nearly one-third chose Fidelity as their IRA provider. Vanguard was a distant second at 11 percent.
September 29, 2011
Fading SuperpowersAfter the Cold Wars end, the paths of the two former enemies should have diverged dramatically. No longer locked in a nuclear rivalry known as Mutually Assured Destruction, or MAD for short, each should have been going its own way: the United States to enjoy the fruits of victory and...