The secular bull market in commodities, which took a breather during the stock market downturn last year, is back on track and poised for an extended rally, according to money managers and market watchers.
Stocks edged higher Monday as investors returning from a long holiday weekend were heartened by good news on retail sales.
The decade ahead could be a brutal one for America's unemployed — and for people with jobs hoping for pay raises.
U.S. stock futures are creeping higher as investors return from a long holiday weekend to find good news on retail sales
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz warned there's a "significant" chance the U.S. economy will contract in the second half of next year.
If the trend is your friend, U.S. large-cap stocks will be the place to invest over the next several months, says Jim Porter, manager of the Aston/New Century Absolute Return ETF Fund (ANENX).
The stock market's relentless charge from its March lows shouldn't be taken for granted, since no rally lasts forever, according to portfolio manager Jeffrey Beamer, who maintains a constant hedge on every position in his Lacerte Guardian Fund (LGFIX) offered by Lacerte Capital Advisers LLC.
Heading into 2009, it looked as if Avis Budget Group Inc. was doomed to wind up in bankruptcy court. Not only did the car renter avoid that sad fate, it ended the year as far and away the best-performing stock in the New York area.
The nation's 10.2% unemployment rate — the highest level in 23 years — is being viewed by some analysts not as a peak but as the beginning of a sustained period of above-average unemployment.
An unexpected drop in sales of new homes last month is stalling a three-day rally on the stock market, leaving indexes narrowly mixed.
World stock markets rose Wednesday amid mounting optimism about the speed of the U.S. economic recovery ahead of further data later.
Prudential Plc, Britain's second-largest insurer, agreed to buy Singapore-based United Overseas Bank's life insurance unit to help expand in Southeast Asia.
Stock futures pointed to a higher opening Tuesday as investors placed bets that new data on economic output and housing sales will show the economy is continuing to recover.
Stocks pushed higher for a third day after a report that home sales were surprisingly strong last month.
John Healy has resigned his position as chief executive of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, the organization announced today.
Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts will look at whether financial advisers should continue to be classified as independent contractors.
Total assets in target date funds will grow to $2.6 trillion by 2018, attracting 80% of new and reallocated flows into defined-contribution plans for the next decade, according to a projection in a recent Casey Quirk & Associates LLC report.
Many of your retired clients are discovering that their accumulated savings are insufficient to meet their current expenses, which translates into a need for more retirement income.
State Street Corp. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit rose but warned its business in the second half of 2009 is weaker than previously expected as it is collecting fewer transaction fees.
