In his widely-anticipated speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming last Friday, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke stated that the Fed was “…prepared to provide additional monetary accommodation through unconventional measures if it proves necessary, especially if the outlook were to deteriorate significantly.”
The Tax Foundation, a Washington research group that advocates for lower taxes, said state, local and federal levies would result in a tax rates of nearly 50% in some states' top earners.
Study reveals which locales will end up with highest total marginal tax rates; Hawaiian punch
Sure, investors have fled the stock market. Ask them why and many say the market's gotten too unpredictable, too scary. But new research shows those fears are overblown.
Predicts holders of stock will 'lose a lot of money in next 18 months'
Check out the estimates from strategists at brokerages for where the Standard & Poor's 500 Index will finish 2010 and how much profit companies in the benchmark measure of U.S. stocks will generate
The NBER says the recession ended in June 2009. But an exclusive <i>InvestmentNews</i> survey reveals most advisers think the economy is still hurting, with 'effects that will linger for months and years to come.'
As the Securities and Exchange Commission wrestles with the task of defining a standard of care for anyone who gives investment advice to retail clients, executives at TD Ameritrade Inc. aren't having a difficult time with the issue.
Advent Software yesterday announced availability of Moxy 7.0, the latest version of the trade order management system that's so popular with registered investment advisory firms
SEC eyes tougher rules for high-frequency traders; loss of specialists bemoaned
The U.S. economy stands a 31% chance of double-dipping into recession in the next year.
The commission launched its study of fiduciary requirements amid fanfare and a flood of public input. But the GAO is quietly examining the regulation of the entire financial planning industry.
Here's how the 10 major industry groups in the S&P 500 grade out, according to John Dorfman
With tax rates on dividends expected to go higher next year, financial advisers should start assessing the risk-reward ratio of owning dividend-paying U.S. companies, according to report today by Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Indices.
Investors are moving more money than ever before out of stocks and into bonds, widening a valuation gap and convincing some major fund companies and investors that now is the time to buy equities.
Citigroup Inc.'s private bank will triple the number of hedge funds such as Paulson & Co. that its wealthy clients can invest in, under a push to increase money-management revenue.
Bullish fund managers like Michael Shaoul and Laszlo Birinyi score big while bearish rivals keeping waiting for the economy to turn grisly
While life insurers continue to cling to their cash, a boom in mergers and acquisitions may be just around the corner, according to an analyst with Moody's Investors Service Inc.
Move frees company to focus on asset management; insurance less profitable
Lam sees little chance of economic relapse; 'prolonged period of mild growth'
