Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Partners Unveil California Dental Plan
By Staff WriterAssurant Employee Benefits and United Dental Care of California Inc. have joined to introduce 2 prepaid group dental plans for Golden State employers.Assurant Employee Benefits, ...
September 01, 2006
SOX Rocks the Market?It's been four years since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) went into effect. Enacted partly in response to the Enron and WorldCom debacles, SOX is universally seen as the most sweeping legislation to affect public accounting since the 1933-34 securities acts. While its reach is enormous, the impact of this sweeping...
September 01, 2006
Asia-Pacific Means More Than JapanJapan has long dominated the economies of what is called the "Asia-Pacific" region. However, in recent years as Japan's economy faltered, the landscape there has...
September 01, 2006
About the ManagerNext year will mark Charlie Johnson's 50th year with Franklin Resources and as manager of the Franklin Income Fund. In 1957 he joined the predecessor...
September 01, 2006
Behind the Numbers, with Richard BernsteinDuring a recent television appearance on Consuelo Mack Wealth Track, Merrill Lynch's chief investment strategiest had some comments both about the equity market and the...
September 01, 2006
INCOME & growthWhen a client's primary goal is income from their portfolio, there are a number of options to choose from: dividends are popular because of the...
September 01, 2006
Panning for GoldOver the last 25 years there have been three distinct cycles of outperformance by high Quality Ranking (QR) companies.The longest of the high-quality rallies lasted...
September 01, 2006
How to Succeed, over SaladHigh-level business executives like James R. Cannon tend to shun hyper-caloric business lunches. Besides, coming from Phoenix, where AIG Financial Advisors is headquartered, you no...