World Economic Forum

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  Niall Ferguson: 4 Reasons America Is Falling Apart

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 2, 2013

  Niall Ferguson, a conservative Harvard professor equally at home in the sweep of civilization as the history of finance, explained to an audience of investment professionals how it is that much of the world is growing while the U.S. is slowing.

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  Brazil’s Olympic Stadium Closure Exposes BRIC Nation's Infrastructure Challenge

  By Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, AdvisorOne  |  April 15, 2013

  Fast-growing Brazil has a serious economic impediment: its shoddy infrastructure. The latest case in point: the recent closure of the stadium in Rio de Janeiro meant to be the centerpiece of the 2016 Olympic Games.

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  Sovereign Debt: Emerging Markets and Developed Nations

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 4, 2013

  Optimism may be surfacing in the Eurozone, and many officials may have backed off their original tough stance on austerity, but Greece is still battling its debt demons.

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  Roubini, Bremmer at Davos: U.S. Can’t Do More on World Stage

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  January 24, 2013

  Davos interview brings comments on Clinton hearing and Obama’s ‘I have a Drone’ speech.

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  Dividends and the End of the Retirement Crisis; Easing Economic Pressure: March Investment Advisor—Slideshow

  By Editorial Staff  |  February 23, 2012

  Everyone is talking about dividends these days, but Fred Taylor at Northstar Investment Advisors has been using them as a retirement income solution for the past 17 years. Clearly, this is a strategy with some staying power.

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  The Gender Trap

  By Noreen Beaman  |  February 22, 2012

  The World Economic Forum’s recent Global Gender Gap Report notes that 85% of the 135 countries surveyed in 2011, Saudi Arabia included, have “made progress in the past year toward gender equality.”

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  Davos Not for Everyone—Just Ask PIMCO’s El-Erian

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  January 26, 2012

  While executives and government officials attending the forum in Davos, Switzerland, debate the global economy, at least one money manager, PIMCO CEO Mohamed El-Erian, says he’s happy to stay home.

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  Lagarde Warns of Dangers of Cuts Before Davos

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 20, 2012

  Ahead of the meeting of policymakers in Davos next week, Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund joined with members of the Global Issues Group of the World Economic Forum to warn against policies that aim only for cuts and jeopardize chances for economic growth.

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  World Economic Forum Warns of Income Disparity

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 12, 2012

  The World Economic Forum released a report Wednesday that warns of a threat to economies all over the world from anger over increasing inequality. It also said that, for the first time in generations, people are no longer optimistic that their children will experience a better standard of living.

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  In China, New Home Sales Are Up, Up, Up

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  September 20, 2011

  While U.S. homeowners are lamenting the continuing depression in real estate prices and slack sales in cities across the nation despite record-low mortgage rates, home prices in China are at record highs in all 70 cities.