Economic Trends
Get the latest economic news and analysis to understand emerging economic trends and their impact on portfolios.
Why have recoveries been so miserable over the last 20 years?
By Staff WriterEconomic recoveries have gone from V-shaped with rapid bouncebacks to U-shaped with a long recovery period.
January 18, 2013
In Connecticut, two sides of a deep economic divideTwo starkly different socioeconomic areas exist just a few miles apart, with each oblivious to the other.
December 27, 2012
Fiscal Cliff – Bring It On: News AnalysisThe issue is how Americans spend money, but rational analysis has been absent from our political discourse. Only pain will prompt appropriate aversion to consuming more than our resources allow.
December 07, 2012
Five myths about the falling U.S. birth rateAre American babies really going the way of pay telephone? Maybe not.
December 06, 2012
Beatles Inspire Bill Gross’ Musings, but Not Investment PicksPIMCO chief uses "Strawberry Fields Forever" to explain his take on what ails the economy, but sobers up for his investment Picks and Pans.
December 03, 2012
Influenza by the numbersThe flu takes no prisoners. It first goes after your health, then it goes for your wallet.
November 27, 2012
Advisors Grow Pessimistic, as Consumer Confidence Hits 4-Year HighRIAs are not as upbeat as most consumers when it comes to the economy and markets, according to the latest polls.
November 21, 2012
Hidden InflationInflation in the United States has been remarkably low, despite a lethal combination of extremely loose monetary policy and trillion-dollar annual budget deficits, which apparently have become a new normal.