Economy & Markets
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LPL Financial Releases First Yearly Results of Current Conditions Index
By Ron PechtimaldjianLPL Financial Corp., the largest independent broker-dealer in the U.S., released the first one-year update on the performance of its Current Conditions
May 01, 2010
Risky Funds DominateFund strategies of all types in the taxable-fixed income arena posted positive gains for the first quarter in 2010 and were led by the riskiest...
May 01, 2010
Asset AllocationAn economic recovery is at last underway in Gail Dudack's estimation, as evidenced by what she calls the first signs of job creation. "That's always...
May 01, 2010
Does Revenue Weighting Work?After touching market lows on March 9th, 2009, major stock indexes were on an absolute tear until early May. And certain ETFs that weight...
May 01, 2010
Three Ways to Win with a Strong U.S. DollarHow can you take advantage of a strengthening U.S. dollar? The first way is to own dollar-denominated securities. The total U.S. stock market (VTI) which...
May 01, 2010
Russia's Power FailureWhen commodity prices were at a peak in 2007-08, and oil prices in particular hit $147 per barrel, Russian leaders declared their intention to make...
May 01, 2010
Annuity Analytics: Penn Mutual's PPP Living BenefitPRODUCT REVIEW The great debate of our time -- or at least within the halls of economics departments around the country -- is whether the U.S....
May 01, 2010
Aerospace & Defense: Clear Skies AheadHoward A. Rubel Jefferies & Company Inc. [email protected] 212-284-2126 We believe aerospace stocks are likely to benefit from the ongoing recovery in global traffic and yields. While the Obama...