During times of market volatility, Ameriprise financial advisors hear first-hand the concerns and uncertainty of their clients. Bill Williams, Executive Vice President of the Ameriprise Financial Personal Advisors Group sat down with Ted Truscott, Chief Investment Officer at Ameriprise Financial to discuss some of the most common questions. Questions include: – What are near-term expected market impacts? – Are we at risk for a double dip recession? – What should I discuss with my advisor? – How should I approach investing if I’m near retirement? Or, if I’m several years from retirement? This information is not intended as advice designed to meet the particular needs of an individual investor. Ameriprise Financial, its representatives and its affiliates do not provide tax or legal advice. Please seek the advice of professionals, as appropriate, regarding the evaluation of any specific information or advice. Ameriprise Financial cannot guarantee future financial results.
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Earlier today US President Barack Obama signed a bill that is the most comprehensive financial law to be enacted since the Great Depression. The law, which got final approval from the Senate last week, targets the kind of Wall Street risk-taking that helped trigger a global financial meltdown in 2007-2009. Gerald Celente says that this is only going to harm and will not do enough to change Wall Street.
Barry Eichengreen – renowned professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California Berkeley, former senior advisor to the IMF, author of “Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System”, and editor of “Rescuing our Jobs and Savings: What G8 Leaders can do to Solve the Global Credit Crisis” – provides a detailed overview of the financial crisis. He discusses at length: (a) the excessive risk undertaken by a variety of financial institutions as a result of gradual deregulation of financial services sector in the second half of 20th century; (b) the role of both Republican and Democratic parties in maintaining deregulation policies following introduction of US President Ronald Reagan’s “free markets” ideology in 1980; (c) the inability of the US to properly manage or channel massive capital inflows from the developing world – especially China – during the last decade; (d) the failure of Bush administration to mount an adequate response to the financial crisis on account of its initial state of denial, financial engineering mindset, and “free markets” ideology; and (e) actions – such as, interest rate increases, deficit reduction, recapitalization of banks, and economic stimulus – that would have greatly mitigated the severity of the financial crisis. In addition, he dwells on: (f) the impact of the financial crisis on American power and globalization, as well as (g) the nature of institutional reforms required at global level to …
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