Financial advisers and industry veterans are worried that investors might reduce or halt their contributions to 401(k) plans if the economy worsens this year.
Commercial real estate is heading into its worst year since the industry's crash of 1991-92 and likely won't see a significant rebound until 2011 at the earliest, according to industry experts.
"It's going to be a tough year for advisers. They will experience real pressure in profitability and in attracting clients, but I think we will see that the strong firms will emerge even stronger, while some of the weaker firms will merge."
Although political sentiment is warming to environmentally sensitive policies, the green movement may not be ready for a boom in investing in 2009.
investors will likely continue to yank assets from mutual funds, more funds will close, and fund launches will come to a crawl this year, according to analysts.
By some measures, 2008 was one of the darkest periods in the history of the hedge fund industry.
The country is about to enter "an era of sustainability" that will affect both the economy and the financial markets.
As the art world's next major round of auctions begins this month, buyers and sellers will encounter a market as depressed as that for stocks and real estate.
For many advisory practices, the technology focus will be making do with smaller budgets — and doing more with existing technology.
Employees who were recently laid off won't find a lot of advice from mutual fund companies about what they should do with their cash.
