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Volatility and Clients
By James J. GreenThe stock market has had a nice bull market for the last 18 months, but the world’s markets remain fragile: a terror incident, a faltering Chinese…
November 25, 2013
Growth DriversEarlier this week [in mid-August], we hosted meetings with management of CVS Caremark (CVS). We highlight the following key takeaways:
November 25, 2013
Pulling the Curtain Back on ETF Cost EfficiencyETFs were not intentionally created to lower investment costs for shareholders. The idea of an exchange-traded basket of securities actually came from an exchange.
November 25, 2013
Where are Treasurys heading? Just watch goldThe market has a golden divining rod.
November 25, 2013
Top Portfolio Products: ProShares Rolls Out Emerging Market Bond ETF; China Gets S&P 500-Based ETFMeanwhile, Franklin Templeton and K2 roll out multi-strategy product, and a Power Dividend Index Fund is introduced in the U.S.
November 22, 2013
Will Bad Weather Mean Sour Grapes for Wine Collectors?The news on wine prices varies, depending on the age of a collection and other factors, experts say.
November 21, 2013
FOMC sees potential QE tapering at coming meetings, minutes showFed policy makers are concerned about how to convey to investors their plans to scale back QE.
November 21, 2013
Ken Fisher Warns: RIA World Gone in 10 YearsThe famed value investor talked to ThinkAdvisor on how BDs will "eat RIAs as dessert," and why the economy is doing fine, for a spell.