Uber has a history of not making any money.
2022 may be remembered as the year when living standards in the US truly pulled away from those in Western Europe. One concrete piece of evidence is the collapse of the euro to parity with the dollar, or lower yet, but there is also a more general sense that the gap is widening.
We encounter plenty of obstacles as financial planners. And the biggest of all are the barriers thrown up by our clients.
It can be daunting to get back on track once you’ve fallen behind.
The value of completion mandates for defined benefit plans depends on the stage of the de-risking journey.
One of the most popular and reliable touchstones of investment strategy is value.
Imagine running the restaurant you envisioned while outsourcing the non-customer-facing tasks to McDonalds.
A strong culture is key to inspiring the team and workplace of tomorrow.
The economy is trying to take us for a ride.
If reshoring doesn’t become a significant trend over the next decade, it never will.
When Nick Twidale reaches his desk in Bridge Street each morning, in the heart of Sydney’s financial district, he’s greeted by a seemingly endless slew of dollar buy orders.
One thing we must remember when looking at economic data, is that everything is distorted.
Data this week generated a mixed report card of the US economy, showing both resilience in the face of high inflation and signs of troubles ahead.
Winter is coming for Europe, and energy prices are soaring as international sanctions on Russia curb the supply of natural gas, on which many European Union (EU) countries have increasingly become dependent.
Our own government cannot afford a short end of the curve much higher than it is now, and our own fiscal and monetary decisions have held down the long end of the curve in what I believe is a multi-decade period ahead that is best referred to as “Japanification”
“The Godfather” has a quote for everything. Maybe, just maybe, it was Putin all along. Or perhaps its was Nikolai Kondratiev.
“It is not true that we need to gut our environmental protections in order to scale up green energy,” said Mahyar Sorour, deputy legislative director for Beyond Dirty Fuels at the Sierra Club. And thus goes the next chapter in the political war over whether and how the United States will join the battle against climate change.
U.S. stocks are subdued following yesterday’s release of the minutes from the Fed’s July monetary policy meeting.
Having worked with many wealth management firms on transformation initiatives and implementing technology solutions, my experience has been that their evaluation criteria focus too much on the cost of the initiative.
We are trying to grow our marketing team.
On August 16 and 17, the team at Advisor Perspectives will be joined by thousands of financial advisors for our two-day Thought Leader Summit. This is our third year hosting this free virtual event, and we’re proud to say it will be better than ever.
Rockefeller Capital Management, the wealth and investment advisory firm that emerged from the Rockefellers’ family office, plans to add as many as 115 wealth-adviser teams in coming years as it expands throughout the US.
It’s been a tough first half of the year, with the MSCI All Country World Index down by 21.7% and the Bloomberg Global Treasury benchmark losing about 9% as of June 17.
After more than 40 years of work in the financial markets, studying all the data I could get my hands on, I’ve found it to be universally true that those who argue “history doesn’t matter” have never actually studied history.
With more Commission-Free annuities available than ever before, many RIAs are discovering the benefits these solutions can provide not only to their clients, but also to their firms. Join this session to learn how RIAs can use Commission-Free annuities to manage portfolio risk, helping protect and grow AUM. These strategies can help RIAs attract and retain clients and deliver better outcomes during accumulation and retirement.
U.S. stocks have come off the worst levels of the day and are threatening a move into positive territory.
With less than three months left before the 2022 mid-term elections, it is officially silly season when it comes to interpreting economic reports.
Pulling forward growth over the last decade remains the Federal Reserve’s primary tool for keeping financial markets stable while economic growth rates and inflation remained weak.
What do you need to know about selecting the best stock photos to support your marketing strategy?
The bipartisan Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America Act, or CHIPS Act, was signed into law this week, setting aside $52 billion to boost domestic semiconductor research and production.
The latest data shows inflation is still with us at an 8.5% annual rate. That means we can expect the Fed to keep tightening, trying to reduce demand and relieve pressure on consumer prices.
The Northern Trust Economics team shares its outlook for growth, inflation and interest rates.
With interest rates now hovering around 5%, existing-home sales are down more than 14% from last year. Some potential buyers are sitting on the sidelines until rates or prices or both decline, while sellers are hoping the market picks up again so they can get a higher price.
U.S. stocks are moving upward, continuing yesterday's rally, as the markets digest the release of the Producer Price Index.
Stocks are rallying on hopes the Fed will stop increasing interest rates this fall, pivot, and start reducing them next year. Investors are blindly buying into this pivot narrative.
If you have an aversion to the mathematics that go with the bond market, you’re not alone. It’s complicated and counter-intuitive, based in concepts that are hard to visualize.
Let's examine why communities are so important for women in finance and explore three of the top benefits of joining one.
U.S. stocks are trading mixed in pre-market action, with the markets anticipating tomorrow's start of a flood of July inflation data.
Corporate fundamentals have been deteriorating in the US. Over the past six months we have seen meaningful erosion in profit margins, pricing power and the outlook for credit.
With the Senate having passed a budget plan yesterday with only Democratic votes as well as a tie broken by Vice President Harris, it is only a matter of time before President Biden signs the first significant tax hike since the “Fiscal Cliff” tax hike in early 2013.
Having a strong marketing foundation requires the following four cornerstones to make the tactics and strategies you implement effective.
As of last month, the U.S. jobs market fully recouped the number of jobs that were lost due to the pandemic, in less than half the time it took following the previous downturn.
It’s a recession! No, not yet!
Even if a downturn is narrowly avoided, high inflation and falling asset values have already destroyed wealth and made everyone poorer.
During market downturns, financial pundits can often make you feel like the world is ending.
July was a surprisingly good month for financial markets, with the greatest monthly gains since 2020.
The latest raft of technology earnings is starting to show a clear divide between areas that may continue to grow and those that will most certainly suffer at the hands of a global economic slowdown.
Why is persuasion so difficult?
Have you seen a situation where the person running the advisor team is former college football star and every single story – I mean every one – is about football?
Here are nine little-known high-earning professions you should be considering as target markets.
