The Fed debate this year has largely revolved around a single question: When will the FOMC begin to slow the pace of quantitative easing (QE)? At the start of the year, most analysts thought that the committee would continue its bond buying pr...
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We’ve never quite understood why most sensible people don’t apply the same economic logic to investing that they do to any other business. Take plumbing for example. If your town has 10 main plumbing companies and 10...
When investors are confronted with the vast menu of mutual funds on offer, they face a daunting challenge: how to distinguish between thousands of possible options. Investors must choose from among countless different strategies and fund manag...
U.S. equities moved higher last week, with the S&P 500 advancing 1.40%.1 In the face of another disappointing employment report, positive recovery expectations provided tailwinds. Key manufacturing and service sector data surprised to the upsi...
Cities are in an exciting period of growth and renewal as America’s economic engine. The Wall Street Journal, citing data from real estate broker Redfin, reports that between 2000 and 2010 more than a million baby boomers moved into the vicini...