Fed's Bernanke Sympathizes With Occupy Wall Street as Economic Growth Stays Fragile
By Joyce HansonFed Chairman Ben Bernanke says he sympathizes with the frustration of Occupy Wall Street protestors as U.S. jobs market weakness persists and the nations unemployment rate remains elevated. The Fed left its monetary policy unchanged.
November 01, 2011
Bill Gross and LizAnn Sonders at Schwab Impact: 'Make Things, Not Paper'PIMCO's co-CIO and Schwab's market strategist deliver straight talk on Europe, the U.S. economy and 'clueless' political parties.
November 01, 2011
Fitch: U.S. Expected to Achieve Solvency II EquivalenceFitch says the equivalence would help European insurers and reinsurers with U.S. operations, which would otherwise face the same capital requirements in the US as locally-owned companies.
October 31, 2011
Two financial market myths bustedTumultuous investment markets are why insurance products were invented.
October 26, 2011
A Lost Decade for Advisors?It has been called the Lost Decade for stocks, the period from January 2000 to December 2009 that saw the stock market decline for the first time since the decade that started in the 1930s.
October 24, 2011
JPMorgan's Kelly: Housing Market Turnaround Is at HandAfter years of housing market decline that has weakened the economy and depressed consumer sentiment, a number of analyses are strongly suggesting that a turnaround in the beaten sector may finally be at hand.
October 24, 2011
Where You StandTo understand the current state of the benefits market, try moving around.
October 21, 2011
For Investors, Playing it 'Safe' can be RiskyInvestors remain anxious to find safety even as the stock market moves back toward positive territory for the year.