Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Could This Year’s Market Be Different?
By Ron DeLeggeThe stock market is sending bear investors some significant signals worth following.
October 31, 2014
Merk: Greenspan Admits Fed Serves as Government’s Credit CardSurprisingly candid remarks from Alan Greenspan suggest he is bullish on gold because the government cannot meet all of its financial obligations, Axel Merk says.
October 31, 2014
SEC, FINRA: 5 tips to avoid penny stock scamsPenny stocks aggressively promoted as great investments may be stocks of dormant shell companies, alert warns.
October 31, 2014
Dodd-Frank Rulemaking Like ‘Shoveling Manure’: SEC’s GallagherThe SEC won the Dodd-Frank booby prize, and we are still paying the price over four years later, said SEC Commissioner Daniel Gallagher.
October 30, 2014
Good news for insurers: U.S. economy topped forecast in 3QThird quarter forecasts in the Bloomberg survey of economists ranged from 2.1 percent to 4 percent annualized growth.
October 29, 2014
Helping retirees dodge the Medicare income-based surchargeYou can alter a clients investments to generate income that is excluded from Medicares income calculation, but the time to plan is now.
October 29, 2014
Tavakoli Turns Her Fire From Crony Capitalists to Muslim FundamentalistsNew book by structured finance expert discusses the Unveiled Threat of a woman who knows how to follow the money.
October 29, 2014
QE Is Dead; What’s Next for Fed?Some analysts expect longer-term fallout from QEs end as the Fed juggles multiple challenges.