Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
First-Hand Look at the Fed
By Alexei BayerSince last September, Vincent Reinhart has been resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think tank, where he has the freedom to conduct...
January 01, 2008
Deep in the Heart of TexasAt least seven different financial advisory firms vie for business in wealthy little Corsicana, Texas -- population 25,000 -- where ample oil profits have made...
December 31, 2007
Want financial success? Quit reading.I was going through some old magazines I had saved for one reason or another when I came across an article in the Aug. 14, 2000 issue of Fortune, entitled "10 stocks to last the decade." The timing of the article was interesting. We were five months
December 24, 2007
Holiday trends28%: Percent of people surveyed who say their workload increases during the holidays; 42% say it stays the same. 7.4%: Percentage of people age 65 and over who travel over the holidays. This is down from 8.7% for the rest of the year.*
December 18, 2007
BlackRock Fixed-Income CIO to LeaveBlackRock co-founder Keith Anderson, who is a vice chairman and the firm's global chief investment officer for fixed income, will leave the New York-based firm, to run an investment fund of his own.
December 16, 2007
Study Challenges Conventional Approach To Asset AllocationIncorporating a fixed income annuity into a retirement income account yields greater long-term wealth and income security for boomer investors than does a portfolio comprising ...
December 16, 2007
Study Challenges Conventional Approach To Asset AllocationIncorporating a fixed income annuity into a retirement income account yields greater long-term wealth and income security for boomer investors than does a portfolio comprising ...
December 12, 2007
MetLife Renames Lifetime AnnuityAn insurer is trying to draw more consumer attention to the risk that some retirees may outlive their retirement income.A unit of MetLife Inc., New ...