Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Distribution Veteran To Lead Benefits Business
By Staff WriterLincoln National Corp. has put the benefits operations it acquired along with Jefferson-Pilot Corp. and other benefits operations in a new employer markets division.The division ...
September 06, 2006
Banks Report Strong Rise In Fund and Annuity IncomeBanks report their fee income from sales of mutual funds and annuities rose 8.6% during the first half of the year over the same period ...
September 03, 2006
Placing DI Coverage In The Medically Impaired MarketI can remember when Cadillacs and Chevrolets were the primary cars of choice, can you? These automobiles seemed to serve most Americans' travel needs very ...
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
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...
September 01, 2006
While We Were FightingGlobal financial markets and the world economy approach the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks against the U.S. in a healthy state.
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...