Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
U.S. Stocks Fall More Than 2%; European Markets Tumble
By Staff WriterBy Christine Hauer (C) 2010 The New York Times The euro fell sharply on Tuesday and major indexes in Europe and the United States tumbled as the...
May 01, 2010
Russia's Power FailureWhen commodity prices were at a peak in 2007-08, and oil prices in particular hit $147 per barrel, Russian leaders declared their intention to make...
May 01, 2010
Annuity Analytics: Penn Mutual's PPP Living BenefitPRODUCT REVIEW The great debate of our time -- or at least within the halls of economics departments around the country -- is whether the U.S....
May 01, 2010
Does Revenue Weighting Work?After touching market lows on March 9th, 2009, major stock indexes were on an absolute tear until early May. And certain ETFs that weight...
May 01, 2010
Three Ways to Win with a Strong U.S. DollarHow can you take advantage of a strengthening U.S. dollar? The first way is to own dollar-denominated securities. The total U.S. stock market (VTI) which...
May 01, 2010
Aerospace & Defense: Clear Skies AheadHoward A. Rubel Jefferies & Company Inc. [email protected] 212-284-2126 We believe aerospace stocks are likely to benefit from the ongoing recovery in global traffic and yields. While the Obama...
May 01, 2010
Risky Funds DominateFund strategies of all types in the taxable-fixed income arena posted positive gains for the first quarter in 2010 and were led by the riskiest...
April 30, 2010
Earnings: MetLife, Hartford, OthersThe life and health insurers that came out with first-quarter results this week reported solid increases in net income.