Yes, the labor market may be showing real signs of improvement. But Russ Koesterich gives four reasons why this is not leading to a real acceleration in US consumption and explains why now is still not the time to buy US retailers.
Stan Kiang, a member of the iShares Portfolio Management team, talks about why commodities may be a good addition to your portfolio and outlines three different ways you can gain access to commodities as an investment.
The good news is that extensions of the payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits will remove a near-term risk for the US and global economies. But the bad news is that significant economic risks remain. Russ Koesterich explains.
Many investors express sector opinions in their equity portfolios, so why wouldn’t they do the same on the fixed income side? Matt Tucker gives a quick case for fixed income sector investing, along with simple ideas for portfolio implementation.
Russ shares more evidence supporting the case for mega-cap stocks.
Sue shares what investors and readers can learn from her latest reading “meal”: Jim Collins’ “Great By Choice” for the main course, followed by Stephen King’s “11/22/63″ for dessert.
