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...
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...
