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Buffett: Think green or forgo green
Companies won't last if they fail to consider the impact of their businesses on the environment, according to…
Growth-happy plans eye emerging-markets P-E
More private-equity investors are delving into emerging markets, but significant hurdles remain in the effort to find sustained…
Industry stiffs DOL on request for IRA data in fiduciary analysis
The financial industry is butting heads with the Labor Department over providing data for a cost-benefit study related…
Advisers eyeball key 1Q earnings to forecast market
Even with the S&P 500 up 9% this year, there is a simmering unease among financial advisers and…
Volatility lowest since ’07 in stocks, bonds, currencies
Markets for equities, bonds and currencies are the calmest they’ve been since 2007, and that’s making some investors…
Taming emerging-markets funds
Mutual funds that invest in emerging markets are infamous for their volatility, taking investors on roller-coaster rides that…
SIFMA, Finra clash over deadbeat brokers
Increasingly, brokerages are being stiffed by ex-reps who were given hefty loans as recruiting incentives. SIFMA wants Finra to write a tougher rule to help battle deadbeat brokers. So far, no dice.
Scrutinize emerging-markets funds
The growing middle class in many developing countries has made them an attractive place to invest. But most…
Oil price won’t grease the skids for higher rates
The rising price of oil may be instilling inflation fears in the market, but it isn’t likely to…
Goldman: BRICs are hitting the wall
In the past decade, mutual funds poured almost $70 billion into Brazil, Russia, India and China, stocks more…
Hotter market may lure equity-averse
With the S&P 500 up 9% this year and 25% above its October low, you would think that…
Markets hang in, despite Greek woes
The global financial markets dodged another bullet last week when the floundering Greek economy once again managed to…
Laszlo Birinyi: Stick with marquee stocks
Laszlo Birinyi said that he knew in October that it would be hard to make predictions for 2012 when he saw a headline suggesting that markets would rise or fall depending on whether the tiny nation of Slovakia approved a bailout plan for Europe.
Challenges abound
The following is an edited transcript of a Dec. 13 webcast, “Outlook 2012.” Deputy editor Evan Cooper and…
Advisers who are fee-based feel handcuffed
It's anything but a virtuous cycle. The markets are down. Financial advisers who base their fees on assets under management are hurting. The only fix? Raise prices. But how can you in this market?
European doom and gloom is overdone, analysts say
Europe was blamed again last week for volatility in the U.S. equity markets, but some market watchers are…
Market roller coaster hot topic of client talks
Financial advisers are going on the offensive in terms of reaching out to clients to discuss market conditions, and most of the conversations center on market volatility.
Stock pickers divided over market forecast
U.S. companies are the most profitable that they have been in more than 40 years, and some of…
U.S. markets seen in limbo amid Europe crisis
Although U.S. equity markets showed approval Friday for the latest efforts by European leaders to shore up financial…
Emerging-markets investors are becoming more cautious
Financial advisers in recent years have piled into emerging markets for the superior growth and the diversification benefits.
