Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
The Benefits of an RIA
By Mike PattonWhat a rollercoaster ride this has been! As you are acutely aware, the markets have been quite dysfunctional. Only those very close to the situation...
September 18, 2008
Bush Defends AIG DealPresident Bush today defended the Federal Reserve System's decision to provide an $85 billion credit line for American International Group Inc.Letting AIG, New York, fail ...
September 16, 2008
Carrier: Small Firm Workers Like HSAsHealth savings account programs seem to be most popular with workers at small employers and with lower-income workers.Researchers at UnitedHealthcare, a unit of UnitedHealth Group ...
September 15, 2008
Wall Street's latest shake-up and the average investor: What happens next?"I own Merrill and Lehman stock. Should I panic?" - the Washington Post reports Wall Street's latest shake-up involving the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the...
September 15, 2008
Tell me why I don't like MondaysIf they got it right, the markets will absorb the shock without too much more damage to the broader economy. If they got it wrong,...
September 10, 2008
MetLife: Older Citizens Pan EconomyMost Americans over 60 years old think today's economy is worse than any they have experienced in the past.Researchers from the MetLife Market Institute, Westport, ...
September 10, 2008
MetLife: Older Citizens Pan EconomyMost Americans over 60 years old think today's economy is worse than any they have experienced in the past.Researchers from the MetLife Market Institute, Westport, ...
September 08, 2008
MassMutual Updates VA OptionsMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company says it has improved the guaranteed minimum income benefit riders sold along with its MassMutual Transitions Select and MassMutual Evolution ...