The consumer price index, which measures the cost of living, fell by a record 1.7% in November, as gasoline and other energy prices plunged, according to a Department of Labor report.
Retail sales fell for the fifth consecutive month — 1.8% in November — according to the Department of Commerce.
Morgan Stanley downgraded ING Groep NV, Standard Life PLC and Aegon NV to “underweight” from “equal weight,” expecting more challenges ahead for the insurers, Reuters reported.
The economic crisis has reduced prices of U.S. imported and exported goods and services at the fastest pace since 1988, when records were first kept, according to a Department of Labor report.
The SEC finalized settlements today with Citigroup and UBS that will provide nearly $30 billion to tens of thousands of customers who invested in auction rate securities before the market for these investment products dried up in February.
Confidence among Americans regarding their future personal financial conditions and the jobs market continue to decline, dropping the index near to its all-time low of this past July.
The number of first-time jobless claims was 573,000 for the week ending Dec. 6, a 58,000 increase from the previous week.
Most investors are satisfied with the way their portfolios have held up in the market downturn, according to a survey by Natixis Global Associates of Boston.
The Allstate Corp. of Northbrook, Ill., has announced the departure of James E. Hohmann, president and chief executive of Allstate Financial LLC, who is leaving on Jan. 5.
Pershing LLC, the securities clearing and RIA custody affiliate of The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., has set up a website and suite of tools for stockbrokers who are considering shifting from large broker-dealers to other business models.
The Kansas City, Mo.-based tax services provider reported a net loss of $134.9 million, or 41 cents a share, for the quarter ended Oct. 31, compared with a net loss of $502.3 million, or $1.55 cents a share, in the year- earlier period.
Fidelity Investments today announced the formal launch of its Fidelity <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071029/FREE/710290351/1009/TOC&ht=" target=”_blank”>WealthCentral</a> management platform for registered investment advisers.
Fidelity Investments of Boston today launched a program that allows investors to save for retirement while spending money.
The ARS had been bought by three of New York-based BNY Mellon’s funds prior to mid-February, when the market for these debt instruments dried up, according to Fund Action.
MetLife Inc. today said that its fourth-quarter profits will be up from the 2007 period and that it will reap the benefits of investment gains.
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners of Kansas City, Mo., yesterday adopted a new proposal to modernize state-based regulation of reinsurance.
The stock market's near free fall since September could play right into a concentrated bond offering by Kessler Memorial Hospital.
The following is an edited transcript of the round-table discussion.
The outlook for traditional retail-brokerage firms has never been so uncertain.
With the stock market down more than 40% from the start of the year, the idea of portfolio re-balancing has taken on new meaning for many financial advisers and their clients.
