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Financial Advisor October 2004 Dorothy Hinchcliff |
Stepping Cautiously In The Bond Market Experts expect interest rates to rise, and are carefully assessing options. |
Financial Advisor September 2005 Evan Simonoff |
Economy At An Inflection Point Just because rates haven't risen doesn't mean they won't. |
Financial Advisor August 2007 Eric L. Reiner |
Confusion, Reign O'er Me To get an idea of what lies ahead for the markets, it's helpful to start with a notion about the larger forces at work. |
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Skittish Bond Market Won't Shake Housing -- for Now Rates must rise more than a point to hurt. But it's another story for refis. |
Financial Advisor December 2007 Alan Lavine |
Cautious Optimism Most equity managers are expecting a soft economy in 2008, but how sluggish it will be is subject to disagreement. |
BusinessWeek October 16, 2006 James C. Cooper |
Stock Investors Seem To Hold The Winning Hand Data suggest a soft landing, not the recession the bond bulls fear. |
Financial Advisor March 2007 Milton Ezrati |
Bonds & Stocks: Still De-Coupled The economic outlook is good, and that's not so good for bonds. Without the support of short-rate cuts, bonds have a less than inspired outlook; not especially negative, but not especially promising either, offering little more return than the coupon. |
Financial Advisor May 2008 Evan Simonoff |
After The Storm As the mushrooming subprime loan crisis enters its tenth month, a growing list of questions begs answers. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2010 David E. Adler |
The Deflation Scenario Most planners keep their eyes on inflation. But the Fed has worries in the opposite direction: Once unthinkable, deflation is now a threat. |
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S. Housing: Still Solid, but Creaking a Little Key first-time homebuyers look at steeper prices and mortgage rates. |
BusinessWeek October 8, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Why The Fed's Cut Won't Spark Inflation Housing woes, tighter credit, and a softer labor market should douse inflation. |
The Motley Fool December 2, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
The Market's Biggest Fear for 2009 Are falling prices here to stay? |
Financial Advisor December 2009 Eric Rasmussen |
Which Way Is Up? Conflicting signs make it hard to embrace the idea that the recession is over. Yet some investment sectors are starting to perk up. |
BusinessWeek August 20, 2007 James C. Cooper |
The Fed Won't Give The Markets A Break Amid inflation pressures, Bernanke isn't ready for a preemptive rate cut. |
BusinessWeek December 20, 2007 James C. Cooper |
No Recession, But... Most experts polled expect growth, however meager, in 2008. A few predict rougher times. |
Investment Advisor January 2007 |
Happy New Year Our market strategy panelists see a slowing but healthy economy and market. |
Financial Advisor January 2011 Eric Rasmussen |
Thawing Out Expect the slow economic recovery to continue in 2011. |
BusinessWeek December 25, 2006 James C. Cooper |
The Economy: Drawing A Bead On The Future We put four key economic questions to 58 experts for a sneak peak at the year to come. |
Financial Advisor October 2005 Marla Brill |
Why Bonds Keep Beating The Odds Financial advisors who have been taking defensive measures in anticipation of rising long-term rates and falling bond prices may have to wait awhile longer for their strategies to shine. |
BusinessWeek January 10, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Financial Fuel For The Economy's Engine Despite risks, U.S. financial conditions ranging from low interest rates, a declining dollar, and an upbeat stock market are the most supportive in many years. |
BusinessWeek January 17, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Walls Won't Come Tumbling Down Mortgage rates in 2005 will remain low enough to keep housing affordable. |
BusinessWeek July 5, 2004 Rich Miller |
What Keeps Greenspan Up At Night The Fed chairman must fend off the threat of inflation without stealing momentum from the recovery. Can he walk that fine line? |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Housing's Tentative Gains In a tricky balancing act meant to support the nascent housing recovery, the Fed suggests it might spend more to keep interest rates low, while trying to soothe investors' inflation fears. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn |
Buoyant Bonds The world seems to be awash in debt, especially government debt. Considering that government issues are crucial to the world's bond markets, fixed-income investments have held up surprisingly well. |
Financial Advisor September 2008 Evan Simonoff |
The Old Rules Don't Apply Anyone watching the stream of economic news surfacing this year has to wonder if there is a growing gap between perception and reality. |
Financial Advisor October 2007 Jeff Schlegel |
A Real (Estate) Mess In the wake of the subprime debacle, investors rethink the ways they are investing in real estate. |
FDIC FYI March 23, 2006 |
Scenarios for the Next U.S. Recession. A string of positive reports on the U.S. economy and banking industry has led some analysts to ask -- How long can these good times last? |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2006 Matt Hudgins |
Walking the Line The commercial real estate industry has the difficult task of preparing for the challenges ahead while economists are still attempting to divine those challenges. The good news is that commercial real estate fundamentals are improving in most markets and property sectors. |
BusinessWeek May 21, 2007 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Job Markets Will Decide The Fed's Next Move The low jobless rate, despite slower growth, heightens the inflation threat. |
BusinessWeek May 28, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Inflation Wild Cards Will Keep The Fed On Hold Demand, costs, and global forces raise new questions for prices. |
BusinessWeek July 11, 2005 Rich Miller |
Too Much Money A global savings glut is good for growth -- but risks are mounting. |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Interest Rates Are Up, But Are They Up Enough? Financial conditions may still be too lax to keep inflation under wraps. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
Outlook 2007: A Year for the Big Guys? An economic slowdown is likely to spur a flight to quality, as investors shift their focus to the most powerful domestic large caps. |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Bernanke May Need To Dig Deeper Into His Toolbox It could take a broad rate cut to stabilize the markets and the economy. |
The Motley Fool December 28, 2005 Tom Taulli |
Twists and Turns in the Yield Curve An inverted yield curve is usually an ominous sign of impending recession -- but maybe not this time. |
Investment Advisor January 2006 Robert F. Keane |
Mostly Sunny or Partly Cloudy The economic climate for 2006 looks fair and mild, but a few forecasters see storm clouds on the horizon. |
BusinessWeek February 26, 2007 James C. Cooper |
The Gray Area In The Fed's Blue-Sky Forecast Further rate increases may be needed to tame a spirited economy. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2011 Daniel Jay Korn |
Outlook 2011: A Modest Proposal Hopefully this year's results will skew more toward boom than gloom. Even so, planners might want to add a few safe havens to clients' portfolios in case the three-peat turns out to be yet another 21st-century bear market. |
BusinessWeek June 23, 2011 Rich Miller |
What Now, Chairman Bernanke? Some economists and former Fed officials think Bernanke should rethink the central bank's wait-and-see policy as growth slows. |
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Chill Out: Inflation Is Still Pretty Tame Despite some concerns, Alan Greenspan expects interest rates to rise gradually. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn |
Outlook 2006 An informal survey of investment strategists found an upbeat economic outlook for 2006: Panic and Euphoria... Has Technology's Time Come?... Bond Parsing... Overseas Picture... Fiscal Forecast... |
BusinessWeek October 1, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Rate Cuts: The Fed May Just Be Warming Up The half-point reduction isn't enough to erase the risk of recession. |
BusinessWeek October 15, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outloook: The Waning Threat of Deflation The recovery is starting to reverse many trends putting downward pressure on prices and wages, paving the way for the Fed to begin tightening in 2010 |
BusinessWeek May 21, 2009 James Cooper |
Business Outlook: The Fed Should Be in No Rush to Raise Rates Trading in the futures market already shows investors are betting the Fed will begin to lift its target interest rate within the coming year. But time is on Bernanke's side, and he won't want to jump the gun. |
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Henry & Miller |
Bonds May Be In For A Shock Can the Fed engineer a gradual rise in rates without setting off a stampede? |
BusinessWeek July 18, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Fed Needs To Do A Little More Fiddling With the housing sector unlikely to ease up anytime soon, the factory sector may have to bear a larger-than-usual burden for the Federal Reserve to achieve its goal of a well-balanced economy and price stability. |
Reason June 2008 Donald J. Boudreaux |
The Coming Recession Seven observers debate the (sorry) state of the economy. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2009 Allan S. Roth |
Tips on TIPS A look at Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) as measured by the Urban Consumer Price Index (CPI-U). |
Financial Planning September 1, 2005 |
Mutual Fund Monitor The real costs of a housing bubble. |
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Housing's New Risks For The Economy Mortgage rates are up, credit is tighter, and home prices are falling faster. |