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U.S. Unemployment Falls to Lowest Level Since May 2008
By Peter CookA net 223,000 jobs were added in April, notably in construction and health care.
May 07, 2015
Merk: Bubbles Pop When Everyone Piles Into the Same TradeThe currencies expert warns that investors, unlikely to correctly time the turning of the tide, should seek "true diversification" now.
May 07, 2015
International Investing Is Top of Mind for Advisors: Fidelity SurveyAdvisors want to better understand how to allocate between domestic and international investments, Fidelity found in its first-quarter survey.
May 06, 2015
Eric Nelson: Why ETFs Are InferiorThe advisor and pundit argues ETFs are no way to optimize a clients investment return.
May 06, 2015
Toward a Workable Fiduciary Standard for Brokers: The 7 QuestionsTo tell if brokers are really acting like fiduciaries, ask these seven questions about a client's portfolio to check for possible broker abuses.
May 06, 2015
Who Wins ‘Passive vs. Active’ Institutional Debate? Pt. 1: U.S. Large Cap BlendMost articles written on active management vs. passive indexing rarely provide precise apples to apples comparisons, much less an all-institutional dialogue about true data.
May 04, 2015
Ben Bernanke: Professor Turned Policymaker—The 2015 IA 35 for 35Its been said that the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board is the second most powerful person in the federal government, after the president.
May 04, 2015
How We Picked Them: The 2015 SMA Managers of the YearChoosing the annual SMA Managers of the Year takes several months and culminates in a live awards ceremony at the Envestnet Advisor Summit in Chicago, which this year will occur on May 7.