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PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Predictions are easiest to assess, when a year is over.

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- A member of the President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers as the mortgage-led global credit crisis erupted said Monday that the last big weapon in the Federal Reserve Board’s arsenal to create strong growth is to avoid “tinkering around the edges” of the economy and aggressively reset expectations.

U.S. stocks gained ground Monday despite a troubling report that Standard & Poor’s would soon put “several” Eurozone countries on a “creditwatch negative” alert even though German and French officials said they had hammered out a European debt plan that would restrict future deficits without throwing the continent’s economy into a tailspin.

As a teetering Euro threatens more disruption in world financial markets, a new survey reveals widespread concern among those responsible for risk management at U.K.-based insurance companies.

If it looks too good to be true, it is. That appears to be the stance that will be taken by the SEC when it comes to investigating the fraudulent activities of hedge fund advisors as evidenced by its recent enforcement action against three separate firms and six individuals.

Financial Planning columnist Bob Veres says advisors need to understand what could happen if FINRA becomes their regulator.

For the first time since the end of April, investors pulled more money out of exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded notes than they put in, resulting in a net outflow of $238 million for the month, according to the National Stock Exchange.

Unemployment among Americans without college educations is now in the mid-teens, says Goldman Sachs investment strategist Abby Joseph Cohen. But there are unrecognized strengths in exports and equities that should be recognized in investing in a recovery.

The solar power industry is set to develop a healthy glow over the next five years. In that time, favorable government legislation is projected to continue to make solar power cost-competitive with other energy generation sources.

In the five years to 2016, the health and medical Insurance industry's revenue is forecast to increase at an average annualized rate of 5% to $865.8 billion, including a 4.4% jump in 2012, according to IBISWorld.