Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
30 Worst Paying College Majors: 2015
By Dan BermanData collected by PayScale shows the university degrees with the least payback.
December 30, 2015
Economic Recovery Is Partly 'Illusion,' Says Brookings EconomistHousehold incomes are being limited by weakness in GDP and productivity gains, argues Brookings' Barry Bosworth.
December 29, 2015
20 Most & Least Charitable StatesWalletHub analyzes volunteer rate, median contribution and other metrics to find which states are angels and which states Grinches.
December 29, 2015
Cheap Oil's Great, Except When It Isn'tEnergy guru and Pulitzer prize-winning author Daniel Yergin knows something about what to expect now that OPEC is dead.
December 29, 2015
What Really Affects the Price of Oil?Supply and demand, of course, along with disruptions and the amount of reserves. But let's look at the data for a better answer.
December 29, 2015
Good Technology Wasn't So Good for EmployeesWhy we should feel worse for Good Technology's employee-shareholders than for the average public-company employee-shareholder whose stock goes down.
December 29, 2015
Faber’s Fatalist Forecast: Fed Will Cut Rates, Relaunch QEThe Fed will reverse policy because the U.S. economy is already entering a recession, said Marc Faber of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report.
December 29, 2015
The Year Nothing Worked: Stocks, Bonds, Cash Go Nowhere"This year is a wake-up call to think about lower returns for the next several years," says BMOs Lowell Yura.