Market Insights

Seven picks for gold-hungry clients

As sovereign debt problems in Europe and stagnant economic growth in America continue to dog the world economy, investors naturally turn to safer havens like precious metals for security. The price of gold has touched close to $1,900 but is still nowhere near its highest value when inflation is factored in.

By Don Sutton |September 15, 2011

3 min read

Risk management lessons

The recent financial crisis serves as a timely reminder of the substantial risk of investing in financial markets.

By Alexandre Hocquard, Sunny Ng and Nicolas Papageorgiou |September 14, 2011

2 min read

Euro stocks at two-year low

As German prime minister Angela Merkel spoke out in defense of the Eurozone’s economic integrity, the Stox Europe index continued to trade near it’s two-year low.

By Staff |September 13, 2011

1 min read

Are you at risk?

Advisors now face the challenge of reassessing not only their clients’ risk tolerance levels, but also the nature of risk itself, thanks to the downgrade of U.S. debt to below AAA.

By Harper Fraze |September 13, 2011

6 min read