Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Betterment CEO to Trump: DOL Fiduciary Rule ‘Worth Your Time’
By Nick ThorntonThe independent robo-advisory took out full-page ads in the NYT and WSJ asking the president-elect and readers to get behind the rule.
December 05, 2016
CANNEX Brings Greater Transparency to Annuity Market: Top Portfolio ProductsIn other product news, Invesco and iShares expand their ETF lineups.
December 02, 2016
Why RIAs and IBDs Favor ETFs Over Actively Managed Funds 4 to 1The increased flows into ETFs are due to many factors including the DOL fiduciary rule.
December 01, 2016
10 Key Dates That Could Move MarketsSinead Colton of Mellon Capital says the final weeks of the year and the next 12 months could prove interesting.
December 01, 2016
Gross Warns That Trump Rally Built on False Promise of GrowthThe Janus bond fund manager recommends that investors move to cash and bonds whose durations are below investors' benchmarks.
December 01, 2016
BofA Says We Might Be Seeing a Sign of the Bull Market's EndTime could be running out for U.S. equities.
December 01, 2016
Beware of Data Mining: Market Lessons From the ElectionIf a gold mine is a hole with a liar standing on top, a successful data miner is a quant with data lying to himself.
December 01, 2016
3 Topics for Year-End Client Talks — Searching for Alpha for December 2016With the Fed expected to raise rates, you may want to speak to clients on the makeup of their portfolios.