1. Economic Underpinnings Continue To Point To Recovery
(Matching tags: US investing,economy,U.S. economy)

  Economic reports in the US are providing a silver lining to the spring market declines. Housing starts beat estimates in mid-May, reporting a 2.6% gain for April. Predictions were for growth in ...

2. For Financial Advisors, U.S. Energy Independence Could Mean Radically Different Financial Planning And Investing Assumptions In The Next Few Years
(Matching tags: global investing,asset management,alternative investments,economy,U.S. economy,commodities)

The U.S. energy scenario that is currently playing out could be the best development for the American economy in many years, and advisors will need to watch the trend closely.   “The ...

3. An Academically Credentialed Money Manager Issues Warnings About The Equities Markets
(Matching tags: investment strategies,US investing,U.S. economy)

The new Edelman report says that 68% of investors put their faith in academics. Technical experts are a close second at 66%. So if an academic starts a money management firm, how valuable would they ...

4. Consumer Confidence Still Seen As Positive In April Despite Slight Miss On Expectations
(Matching tags: economic indicators,investing,U.S. economy)

Consumer confidence numbers in April continued to be positive for the economic recovery even though numbers were slightly lower than in March. The Conference Board index came in at 69.2% instead of the ...

5. Signs The Recovery Will Last Showed Up In First Quarter GDP
(Matching tags: economy,US investing,U.S. economy)

Signs the economy is truly on the rebound are showing up in traditional recovery sectors—autos, housing, and durable goods. These are items people buy when they are confident, not when they’re ...

6. Futures Traded In A Flurry After The Disappointing Jobs Report Despite Markets Being Closed For The Good Friday Holiday
(Matching tags: economy,economic indicators,U.S. economy)

Economists and traders were hoping the jobs report for March would reflect the fourth month in a row that over 200,000 jobs were added. Estimates were for 205,000 but came in with a nonfarm payroll increase ...

7. Optimistic Economists Hope For Renewed US Global Leadership
(Matching tags: economy,U.S. economy,U.S. debt)

The Bloomberg Comfort Index is at a four year high. Some economists are so optimistic, they're taking this as a sign that the US might regain its status as global leader of growth and prosperity. Rising ...

8. Can An Economics Professor No One Has Ever Heard Of Become President Of The United States?
(Matching tags: leadership,economy,U.S. economy,advisor industry people)

To financial advisors, if the name Larry Kotlikoff is familiar, it’s probably because he is president a company specializing in financial planning software. Astoundingly, Kotlikoff is also a candidate ...

9. Income And Consumer Spending In The U.S. Increased Less Than Expected In January
(Matching tags: U.S. economy,Economic Outlook)

The Commerce Department released disappointing data Thursday on consumer spending, the largest part of the U.S. economy.  ...

10. Affluent Investors Are Steadily Gaining Confidence About The Economy
(Matching tags: Economic Outlook,high net worth,investor behavior,U.S. economy)

A measure of attitudes among affluent investors rose in February to its highest level since May.

11. Consumer Confidence Is On The Rise As Hiring And Stocks Both Turn Upward
(Matching tags: Economic Outlook,U.S. economy)

The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index rose more than expected in February, following positive results in two other measures of consumer confidence.

12. Big Jump In Equipment Financing Is A Sign U.S. Companies Are Coming Back To Life
(Matching tags: Economic Outlook,U.S. economy,stocks)

An index of equipment leasing and sales activity soared 21% in January compared with a year earlier.

13. Economists Show Increasing Confidence That U.S. Economy Will Improve This Year
(Matching tags: Economic Outlook,U.S. economy,real estate)

The United States should grow 2.4% this year and the unemployment rate should remain at 8.3%, a group of economists has forecast.

14. Futurist Offers Reasons To Believe In Future U.S. Economic Growth
(Matching tags: Economic Outlook,productivity,U.S. economy)

The recession ended in mid-2009, but fear and hesitancy about the economic recovery remain strongly in place.

15. Manufacturing, Housing Show Momentum As Economic Recovery Looks Increasingly Solid
(Matching tags: manufacturing,real estate,U.S. economy)

Home builders are more optimistic than at any time since May of 2007, and output among U.S. manufacturers continued to grow in January.  ...

16. Long-Term Inlation Outlook Is Benign, Says Fidelity Portfolio Manager, As Deleveraging Checks Economic Growth
(Matching tags: Economic Outlook,interest rates,inflation,U.S. economy,world economy)

Inflation peaked in the United States at 3.9% in September 2011 and has fallen to the 3% level since.  

17. Shift Toward Riskier Investments Leaves Defensive Stocks In the Loser Column
(Matching tags: stocks,utilities,U.S. economy,risk)

Utilities, phone companies and consumer staples companies posted the only monthly losses among Standard & Poor’s 500 Index categories in January.

18. 10 Stocks That Showed Resilience Over The Past Decade
(Matching tags: stocks,volatility,U.S. economy)

Stocks that go a long time with little fluctuation often start moving higher when the economy begins improving.

19. Two-Year Run Of Double-Digit Corporate Earnings Growth Appears To Have Stalled Out
(Matching tags: earnings,Economic Outlook,U.S. economy)

More than half of S&P 500 corporations have reported fourth-quarter earnings, and so far the growth rate is coming in at an average 7.53%.

20. U.S. Markets Are In Early Stages Of A Decade Of Outperformance, Bernstein Says
(Matching tags: U.S. economy,Treasury bonds,stocks)

While investors continue to focus on emerging markets and commodities, the greatest opportunities for investment over the next decade are mainly in the United States.