Advisor confidence slipped 2.40% in February, but more than half of those surveyed indicated they were downsizing fixed-income holdings, according to AdvisorBenchmarking.
Half of their baby boomer clients who postponed retirement because of the economic downturn expect to work at least four years longer, say CPA financial planners in a recent survey.
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Stocks in developed countries are rising the most since 1998 while emerging markets slump, a sign the U.S. is returning to its role as the engine of world growth aided by a recovery in Europe.
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Forget Egypt for a moment. Look past angst on the streets of Bangladesh. If you want to see how extreme the effects of surging food prices are becoming, look to wealthy Japan.
Warren Buffett told the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission that taxpayers will always be on the hook for collapses at the biggest U.S. companies.
The New York Stock Exchange, the symbol of American capitalism for more than a century, may merge with a German rival after losing ground to smaller competitors.
Financial advisors are witnessing an all too common pattern among their clients: financial behavior driven by investors' emotions, not logic.
Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the unemployment rate is likely to remain high "for some time" even after the biggest two-month drop in the jobless rate since 1958.
The quality of commercial mortgages being packaged into bonds is declining as sales in that market soar, a Standard & Poor's analyst said at a securitization industry conference.
Investors are betting with Ben S. Bernanke that surging food and energy prices won't accelerate U.S. inflation, allowing him to maintain easy money.
American businesses have a common enemy: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Nassim Taleb, author of "The Black Swan," said the "first thing" investors should avoid is U.S. Treasuries and the second is the dollar.
Equities that fell farthest last year are surging the most in a decade, reversing the fortunes of mutual funds and signaling an extended global rally.
Policy makers are robbing savers by driving down real interest rates as they keep borrowing costs at record lows in a "devil's bargain," says Pimco's Bill Gross.
Many European countries are pursuing "excessive austerity," risking a marked slowdown in economic growth, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said.
Japan's credit rating was cut by Standard & Poor's as persistent deflation and political gridlock undermine efforts to reduce a 943 trillion yen ($11 trillion) debt burden.
Rich shoppers are driving an increase in consumer spending, bolstering a recovery that masks reluctance among less affluent Americans to join in.
Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said the impact of the global financial crisis would last for at least two years, and investment to reduce the impact of climate change may help to...