We are, at long last, nearing the end of one of the great central banking experiments: the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy of quantitative easing, which began in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008-2009. While the unwinding of the monthly...
Many financial companies and organizations are taking dead aim at the societal problem of financial illiteracy by stepping up their efforts to educate the public.
No, this isn't a Halloween pun come much too early - the Death Cross is apparently all anyone can talk about lately when looking at the Russell 2000. The deliberately gloomy term is what the technical analysis folks use when a price chart shows a...
It would behoove advisors and their clients to pay attention to what’s going on in Washington, especially when it comes to tax reform and the impact of Congress’ dysfunction. That was the message of Andy Friedman, principal of The...
Recently, there has been an acceleration of U.S. multi-national companies merging with smaller offshore firms as a way to move their headquarters overseas and save 35 percent in corporate taxes. Burger King, for example, just merged with Tim...
Weakening overseas economies, coupled with the end of QE, has helped the dollar index rise
ETF Usage on the Rise
As exchange traded funds continue to take more market share, the number of advisors using the structure increased to 84 percent in 2014, up from 82 percent in 2013, according to the 2014 AdvisorBenchmarking RIA Trend R...
The idiom describes the cumulative effect of seemingly minor actions that eventually cause a sudden reaction of outsize proportion.
While many had already joined the recent exodus of investors from PIMCO funds, some financial advisors said they could see investors pulling more money from the bond shop following the news this morning that Bill Gross would leave PIMCO after 43...
TIPS fall out of favor as deflation worries mount