Economy & Markets
The important economic and stock market news that advisors need to know.
Stocks Boost Hartford Life Profits
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, Jan. 28, 2004, 5:58 p.m. EST -- The stock market rebound helped push up profits at the life and investment ...
January 22, 2004
Fund Expands Embrace Beyond Big FryAn edited excerpt from the Jan. 21, 2004, edition of Investor's Business Daily
January 07, 2004
Gaming the 2004 ConsensusAfter a tremendous 2003, analysts of nearly every ilk are looking for another great year of gains for U.S. equities. Bullish market technicians cite two reasons for their enthusiasm. From a calendar-based perspective, stocks tend to do well in election years as incumbents try to keep investors happy by keeping...
January 06, 2004
Survey Finds Long Term PessimismNU Online News Service, Jan. 6, 2004, 4:21 p.m. EST -- Many U.S. residents are optimistic about their 2004 family income but pessimistic about ...
January 01, 2004
Chugging AlongWall Street isn't partying like it's 1999 again--not yet, at least. But as the economy and stock market continue to awaken from their post-bubble blowout,...
December 18, 2003
Bond Group Promotes Analyst IndependenceNU Online News Service, Dec. 18, 2003, 4:28 p.m. EST -- The Bond Market Association, New York, is seeking public comments on a draft ...
December 15, 2003
Principal To Take $70 Million Mortgage Unit ChargeNU Online News Service, Dec. 15, 2003, 11:03 a.m. EST -- Principal Financial Group Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, says it will write down the ...
December 09, 2003
JHA Publishes Disability Fact BookNU Online News Service, Dec. 9, 2003, 3:23 p.m. EST -- John Hewitt Associates Inc., Portland, Maine, has published its 2003/2004 JHA Disability Fact ...