Economic Trends
Get the latest economic news and analysis to understand emerging economic trends and their impact on portfolios.
December 02, 2008
Ask the expert: Submitting marginal casesDo you recommend that I submit possibly marginal cases anyhow, or should I hold them back?
November 24, 2008
AIG Aid Player To Lead TreasuryPresident-elect Barack Obama today said he would name Timothy Geithner--an official central to government efforts to shore up American International Group Inc.--to be his Treasury ...
November 01, 2008
Research RevolutionFor years, Dennis Gallant was a well-known director at Cerulli Associates, leading the firm's consulting and new business development efforts. He was also responsible for...
October 21, 2008
A generational crashJoe White of the Wall Street Journal thinks boomers have dug themselves into a financial hole. And this is not the time to be digging...
October 16, 2008
Insurer Responds To Rating AgencyProtective Life Corp. says it believes it is doing a good job of addressing the current economic challenges.Protective, Birmingham, Ala., issued a statement about its ...
October 09, 2008
Last gasp or a chance for change?Ben Bernanke told members of the National Association for Business Economics "the combination of the incoming data and recent financial developments suggests that the outlook...
October 08, 2008
Labor market expected to get worseMore losses are expected to come in the labor market as The Conference Board Employment Trends Index (ETI)(TM) continued its decline in September. The index fell...
October 01, 2008
Greenspan's LegacyA newspaper story once alleged that some traders at a Wall Street brokerage house had a shrine dedicated to Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, in...
July 16, 2008
Mail campaigns that actually workHow often are you in contact with your clients? Three or four times a year? Do you put all your clients into the same contact campaign? Did you know that even a low volume contact campaign should include 10 or more points of contact each year? And
July 01, 2008
Assimilation NationProponents of cultural diversity may be unhappy to learn that many of the nearly 40 million U.S. immigrants are already on the road to assimilation....