Dow, S&P End Day Mixed but Have Best Month in a Year
By Staff WriterThe Dow and the Standard & Poor's 500 index both had their best months since July 2009 and their first winning months since this past April.
July 19, 2010
Home Builders' Confidence Index Plummets to Lowest Point Since April 2009The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo housing market index showed builders' confidence in the single-family housing market dropped to its lowest point since April 2009, down two points to a reading of 14 in July.
July 19, 2010
Double-Dip Recession? Lord Abbett's Ezrati Offers 7 Reasons It Won't HappenMilton Ezrati, partner and senior economist and market strategist for Lord Abbett, argues that actual data on the economy fly in the face of such an outlook.
July 19, 2010
Sales alert: Don't close-- trial close!Weak salespeople close hard. Let me repeat: Weak salespeople close hard. Closing is a skill learned for salespeople to get the order.
July 19, 2010
Double-Dip Recession? Seven Reasons Why Not, Says Lord Abbett's EzratiHere are Milton Ezrati's seven reasons to doubt the double-dip outlook. 1. The Consumer Seems Firm Enough Though retail sales in May dipped by 1.4%, it followed...
July 06, 2010
Active Asset Allocation Is a Prudent Strategy, Paper SaysActive Asset Allocation Is a Prudent Strategy, Paper Says
July 06, 2010
Are you listening to your clients?Sometimes, it's the little things advisors do that can take them to the next level of success. William J. McLaughlin of Wall, N.J.-based The McLaughlin Financial Group LLC told me that little bit of wisdom in a phone conversation last week.
July 06, 2010
How to easily eliminate any objectionOnce we've made a habit out of hearing "objections" as "legitimate concerns" that we too would share, we're that much closer to helping the client - and ultimately, to a sale.