Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Top 14 Fund Managers of 2015: Morningstar
By Janet LevauxWinners will be picked in five categories, with no one firm dominating the list of nominees.
January 08, 2016
Bob Doll’s 10 Predictions for 2016The Nuveen equity strategist shares his views on equities, bonds and even who will win the White House.
January 08, 2016
Is Cash the Best Defense in This Troubled Market?Some actively managed mutual funds are hoarding cash as stocks post their worst weekly start to a new year since 1928.
January 08, 2016
Schwab Adds 14 Commission-Free ETFs; Legg Mason Offers ETF SuiteA busy week for ETFs: Many new funds plus new additions to Schwab's OneSource.
January 08, 2016
5 Things Investors Don’t Get About China: Tocqueville’s SicartTocqueville Asset Management founder Francois Sicart discusses how some of the numbers behind Chinas current economic situation could be misleading.
January 08, 2016
U.S. stocks climb with dollar, bonds slipping on China, Labor dataThe Standard & Poors 500 Index rebounded from a selloff that has erased $4 trillion from global equities this year.
January 07, 2016
Emerging stocks slump as China turmoil prompts broad selloffThe World Bank on Wednesday cut its global growth forecast for 2016 on concern that Chinas slowing economy will prolong a commodity slump and recessions in Brazil and Russia.
January 07, 2016
How economics went from theory to dataThanks to the empirical boom, economists know more than ever before.