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By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne |
November 14, 2011
A new study published this year finds a 6.6% annual market-beating advantage for members of the House between 1985 and 2001. Rep. Nancy Pelosi scored a 203% multimillion-dollar return on an IPO at a time when ordinary investors lost 15%...
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By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne |
September 29, 2011
In a sometimes feisty Oxford-style debate in New York, portfolio managers and professors sparred over whether socially responsible investment has any business contributing to—or subtracting from—a company’s bottom line.
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By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne |
August 29, 2011
What matters more: consumers’ actual spending or an intangible general mood based on survey data?
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By John Sullivan, Advisorone |
December 23, 2010
Reuters/University of Michigan surveys cites improved employment expectations as reason.
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By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne |
November 12, 2010
Before holiday shopping begins in earnest, U.S. consumer sentiment has climbed to a five-month high, according to a Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan survey released Friday.
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By Marlene Y. Satter |
October 29, 2010
Dropping to a level not seen since last November, the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's final October reading on the consumer sentiment index posted Friday at 67.7, down from last month's 68.2.
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By Marlene Y. Satter |
October 15, 2010
Economic data released Friday showed that consumer prices were flat in September, but the low rate of inflation was not enough to boost consumer sentiment.
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By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne |
October 1, 2010
The manufacturing sector showed signs of expansion on Friday and U.S. consumer sentiment held steady, but those positive signs of recovery were not enough to convince analysts that the economy is on solid footing.
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By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne |
September 17, 2010
Consumer confidence fell in September even though consumer prices remained mostly flat in August, and that mixed data released Friday left stocks range-bound in typically lackluster trading.
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By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne |
September 17, 2010
Consumer confidence fell in September even though consumer prices remained mostly flat in August, and that mixed data released Friday left stocks range-bound in typically lackluster trading.
