Morgan Stanley will soon prevent its clients from buying Vanguard Group's mutual funds, the latest big Wall Street brokerage to mostly shut out some of the index giant's funds.
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7–8 Percent Cut to AlphaGlider Strategies Fund Fees
No Convergence Between Hard and Soft Data in Q1 GDP Numbers
The conundrums continue. Despite strong consumer and business confidence, economic activity is tepid. Q1 GDP growth was only 0.7 percent, and real personal income wage growth was only 1.0 percent. Right now markets are betting that economic activity will rise to meet the high levels of confidence. We hope the markets are right, but we have our doubts.