Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Former Fed Chair Bernanke Is Worried About a Dodd-Frank Rollback
By Bernice NapachHe told NPR he's "very concerned about the future" if those regulations put in place to prevent another financial crisis are taken away.
May 01, 2017
Ultra-Long U.S. Bonds Can Absolutely Make Sense: MnuchinTreasury to issue refunding plans for April-June; economic growth to stay under 3% this year and next, says Mnuchin.
May 01, 2017
Trump Weighs Breaking Up Wall Street Banks, Raising U.S. Gas TaxPresident says in interview hes examining revival of 1933 law; top administration officials back return of Glass-Steagall Act.
May 01, 2017
Why Merrill Is ‘Very Short-Term’ HawkishChristopher Hyzy, CIO of Bank of America Global Wealth & Investment Management, tells ThinkAdvisor how investors should strategize for the current "synchronized global recovery."
May 01, 2017
Morningstar to Offer Advisors a New Tool to Evaluate Risk: Portfolio ProductsIn other product news, Ivy enters the passive world with five new index funds.
April 30, 2017
These 10 Actively Managed Funds Beat S&P 500 for 15 Years: MorningstarThey are relatively low cost and more than half have concentrated portfolios and low turnover.
April 28, 2017
Vanguard Announces Fifth Round of Fee Cuts Since DecemberThe latest round include cuts for the world's largest stock and bond funds, the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index and Total Bond Market Index funds.
April 28, 2017
Congress Does Bare Minimum to Keep Government Open Next WeekThe stopgap funding bill averts a shutdown on President Trumps 100th day in office; lawmakers to continue talks on a broader financing bill.