Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
World's Top 20 Biggest Asset Managers: 2019
By Michael S. FischerThe firms on this list have combined assets under management of $44.9 trillion.
August 06, 2019
Have We Hit a Soft Patch, or Are We Marching to Recession?The positive trends that have driven up stocks are starting to show cracks.
August 05, 2019
US Stocks Plummet in Worst Trading Day of the YearThe escalating U.S.-China trade war was the catalyst.
August 05, 2019
Is a US Recession Coming? Yield Curve Sounds Loudest Warning Since 2007The inversion of the yield curve is at its most extreme since the financial crisis.
August 05, 2019
Morgan Stanley Introduces Impact Quotient App for Advisors: Portfolio ProductsAlso, AdvicePay introduced a new fee calculator for advisors's fee-for-service payments.
August 05, 2019
Trump Is the Biggest Risk to the US Economy: Zandi"I don't see this ending gracefully," said Moody's Analytics chief economist days before U.S. stocks posted their biggest one-day loss this year.
August 02, 2019
How Trump-Fed Game of Chicken Will End: Andy FriedmanWho will blink first — and when? A Washington insider offers ThinkAdvisor his thoughts.