Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Finding a Balance
By Beth PiskoraSince mid-September, market volatility has been hitting all-time highs, with crazy rides up and down (often within the same day); it thus may come as...
December 01, 2008
The True Goal of IndependenceMany breakaway advisors eschew the label of "producer" in this current environment and want to position themselves as advisors on the side of their clients....
December 01, 2008
Northern Trust Launches Global ETFNorthern Trust's NETS FTSE CNBC Global 300 Index Fund ETF (MYG) was introduced for trading on the NYSE Arca stock exchange on November 19. The new...
December 01, 2008
Emerging-Markets MeltdownIt wasn't supposed to be like this. Emerging market stocks were supposed be the future of capital growth. They were a source of spectacular gains. In...
December 01, 2008
'A Financial Katrina'Ken Dychtwald and I were originally supposed to get together in late September in Atlanta, at Charles Schwab's IMPACT 08 conference. Dychtwald was one of...
December 01, 2008
Help Save Investors from ThemselvesAs America's financial crisis attempts to resolve itself, one can only wonder what comes next. So many unnerving events have happened during such a short...
December 01, 2008
Post-Crisis WorldMonday, October 13 was a great day. Shrugging off the unlucky devil's dozen date and the traditional curse of October, all three main indices on...
December 01, 2008
Helping to Save Investors from ThemselvesAs America's financial crisis attempts to resolve itself, one can only wonder what comes next. So many unnerving events have happened during such a short...