There's some good news about mutual funds returns and other economic indicators, but it's not yet time to start popping Champagne corks, industry experts say.
Bank stocks retreated today amid fresh concerns that financial firms will need additional capital to weather the ongoing credit crisis and recession.
A marketing technique called framing is being looked at with suspicion even thought it often produces a positive result — getting people to save for retirement.
Public pensionN executives are accelerating a move into indexed assets in the face of disappointing returns from active managers and to get a better handle on their risks.
In his new role atop Fidelity Investments' custodian business, Charles Goldman is trying to revamp its service culture while keeping up troop morale amid constrained budgets.
The stock market's historic implosion over the past year has only worked to bolster the spirits of true dividend-investing junkies.
The governmnet says more states logged double-digit unemployment rates in February, with North Carolina and Rhode Island seeing their rates hit record highs.
The Commerce Department reported Friday that consumer spending edged up 0.2 percent in February, in line with expectations. That follows a huge 1 percent jump in January that was even better than the 0.6 percent rise originally reported.
Three decades after Ronald Reagan launched a determined campaign to ease government regulations on business, the pendulum is swinging the other way.
The cost of health care in retirement has risen 50% since 2002, according to research released today by Fidelity Investments.
For a 10th straight week, the number of Americans who are continuing to claim jobless benefits increased, fresh evidence that the labor market remains weak despite other hopeful signs that the recession may have bottomed out.
The U.S. economy shrank at a 6.3 percent pace at the end of 2008, the worst showing in a quarter-century, and probably isn't doing much better now.
Mercer LLC announced today that it will offer its defined contribution plan administration services directly to financial advisers after ending an exclusive relationship with Putnam Investments of Boston.
In his White House press conference last night, President Obama defended his proposal to reduce the tax deduction for philanthropic gifts, stating that the measure would not deter donors from giving.
Thirty-four percent of U.S. employers have reduced or eliminated matching contributions in their defined contribution plans in 2008, and 29% of employers plan to do so in the next 12 months, according to a study released today.
Putnam Investments of Boston today launched a new defined contribution platform for advisers and clients, signaling its expansion into the 401(k) market.
Health care costs of Alzheimer's disease are at least $33,007 annually per patient, compared with $10,603 for an older person without Alzheimer's, according to a report issued Tuesday by the Alzheimer's Association.
The Federal Reserve's chairman and the secretary of the treasury are making a rare joint appearance at a congressional hearing, to take a scolding over AIG.
Only advisers who are independent of mutual funds, brokerage firms, insurance companies and other entities that sell financial products could give advice on individual retirement accounts if House Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Rob Andrews, D-N.J., has his way.
The Obama administration says it hopes a new bank rescue initiative will generate $500 billion in purchasing power to buy up toxic assets from banks.
