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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
March 1, 2012
A recent poll of individual advisor members of the Financial Services Institute (FSI) found that those representatives overwhelmingly believe former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will win the Republican presidential nomination, the Senate will shift to Republican control and that the economy will stay flat while taxes will go up.
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By Dale Brown, Financial Services Institute |
February 13, 2012
The opinions of our membership should be heard by regulators and legislators. In our first survey of our 35,000 advisor members, we focused on headline political, economic, tax and regulatory issues.
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By Kenneth Silber |
February 1, 2012
Elizabeth Warren presents a conundrum for Wall Street. She is a forceful, well-prepared critic of the financial industry.
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By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne |
December 2, 2011
Congress will likely pass some form of a payroll tax cut before 2011 is out, but the process is a painful one that shows just how divided Democrats and Republicans remain—and where the fault lines lie.
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By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne |
October 10, 2011
As the largest foreign holder of U.S. government debt, China has made a killing on its portfolio of U.S. bonds, but it could have done a lot better if its broker had not manipulated the exchange rate on its transactions.
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By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne |
September 21, 2011
American investors were urged to support India’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan as more than 100 business leaders gathered at the Consulate General of India in New York to discuss the emerging nation’s public-private partnerships.
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By Marlene Y. Satter |
September 14, 2011
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) architect Elizabeth Warren will officially announce a Democratic run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts.
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By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne |
August 29, 2011
President Barack Obama nominated Alan Krueger, who served as the U.S. Treasury’s chief economist from 2009 to 2010, to replace Austan Goolsbee as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.
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By James J. Green, AdvisorOne |
May 9, 2011
Top market-moving news this week: measures of inflation, along with multiple congressional hearings.
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By Bob Seawright, Madison Avenue Securities |
April 22, 2011
Economist Wade Pfau is concerned that retirees are going to find that the 4% rule is unsustainable
