Ruthie Ackerman

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Recent Stories From This Author

Americans Losing Confidence in Short-Term Economic Outlook
August 30, 2011 After improving a bit in July, The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index tumbled in August as Americans held tight...

The Pull-Yourself-Up-By-The-Bootstraps Economy
August 16, 2011 Despite the continued frenzy of fear that has whiplashed the stock market recently, John Coyne, President of Brinker Capital,...

Life Insurance: An Opportunity for Financial Advisors
August 16, 2011 Only 49% of those with a financial advisor and a financial plan have discussed life insurance with their advisor, according to...

Economic Uncertainty Hurt U.S. Stock, Bond Mutual Funds in July
August 12, 2011 Investors took money out of U.S. bond and stock mutual funds because of the increase in economic uncertainty in July,...

U.S. IPO Market Stung by Stock Market Volatility
August 11, 2011 The recent rollercoaster ride in the stock market is not only impacting investors, but also the U.S. IPO market in the second...

CEOs Less Optimistic, But Continuing to Spend
August 11, 2011 As global economic uncertainty grows, executives at private companies have grown less optimistic, although they have continued...

Wealth Managers Not Empathetic Enough: SEI Survey
August 2, 2011 Investors feel they don’t have “personal relationships” with their wealth managers despite the fact that wealth...

Debt Ceiling Issue Will Keep Investors on the Sidelines: UBS Survey
July 29, 2011 A UBS Wealth Management Americas survey released on Friday reveals that investors may be more worried about the debt ceiling...

ETF Inflows Set to Exceed $100 Billion in 2011
July 28, 2011 U.S. ETFs are on a roll so far in 2011, according to State Street Global Advisors, which released its 2011 mid-year ETF...

Most Americans In the Dark About Their Pensions
July 28, 2011 A Fidelity Investments survey released on Thursday found that a majority of Americans do not understand how their pensions work.