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Junk-bond investors are jumping ship
Breakfast with Benjamin: What's up with junk bond investors? Plus: Four sorry years of Dodd-Frank, ignore the Fed's warnings at your own risk, mathematical excuses for sluggish wage growth, and it's not too late for a mid-year portfolio checkup.
Weak earnings and the dark cloud of Ukraine continue to weigh on European markets
Plus: Alibaba IPO is on track to break records, what U.S. investors will really get when buying Alibaba shares, Goldman offers a leg up to Steven Cohen, and MSNBC apologizes for poor taste on Cinco de Mayo
Robotics and automation: The next megatrend for investors?
Emerging sector has reached a tipping point, presenting many long-term investment opportunities.
Obama unleashes secret economic weapon on Russia
On today's Breakfast with Benjamin menu, the latest step the Obama administration is taking to push back against Russia, plus just how much support the Clintons have among Dow Jones Index companies, and much more.
Time for advisers to get smarter about smart beta strategies
Putting market-cap indexes in perspective.
Stocks at risk of 11% drop. Starting now.
Stocks will fall 11% starting as soon as this week should some price patterns come true, according to Tom DeMark, the creator of indicators that show turning points in securities.
The markets are set to open with frayed nerves
Breakfast with Benjamin: Investors' nerves are fraying and that's not a good thing. Plus: Spiking demand for U.S. Treasuries, dodging corporate taxes, the ABCs of liquid alts, risk-adjusted sector performance, and boning up on your Cinco De Mayo history.
Gross: Get to ‘old normal’ and you’ll see growth
Appreciating assets will lead to respectable growth rates and a reduction in unemployment, Pimco chief said in monthly outlook.
New ETF promises income even as rates rise
Exposure to variable-rate preferred stocks offers dividend income stream that moves with rates.
Yellen takes another stab at offering clarity on Fed policy without jarring the markets
Breakfast with Benjamin: Can Janet Yellen and her Federal Reserve colleagues avoid roiling the markets? Plus: Visa and MasterCard tighten screws on Russian banks, bond ladders get snubbed by a fan of bond barbells, checking the math on alternative-investment performance, and the momentum-stock nosedive is real.
Global markets start to realize the risks of Russia’s move into Ukraine
Friday's menu: Investors waking up to Putin's Russia risks. Plus: Russia's debt downgraded as Kerry issues another warning; U.S. manufacturing comes back (but housing has not); how about this call: gold to hit $5,000 an ounce; the SEC starts to dissect liquid alt funds; and how sanctions are supposed to work.
As Ukraine heats up, Obama “tees up” more sanctions, and the market turns a blind eye
Breakfast with Benjamin: Obama tees up more sanctions. Plus: Financial pros warn against ignoring Ukraine's significance, the housing market is being hurt by basement dwellers, epic Medicare fraud, safe investment bets surprise in 2014, and $1 million saved for retirement is now considered a good start.
Investors warming up to equities a little late in the game
They're even interested in international stocks, survey finds.
Sugar-coating the data to downplay retirement-income challenges
Breakfast with Benjamin: Sugar-coating data to downplay retirement-income challenges. Plus: Simplified Fed-speak, ETFs continue to threaten active management, leveraged-loan fund investors hit the bricks, and there are still undervalued stocks worth considering.
Weitz Investments calls 2014’s market tough for active managers
Weitz Investments calls the stock market tough for active managers and with equities trading at 85% to 90% of fair value, the money manager has socked cash away to take advantage of volatility.
Pockets of opportunity in Europe, emerging markets
Despite growing economic concern, there is no shortage of reasons for optimism. You just have to know where to look.
Active managers win the bull market
Growth-oriented stock pickers beat their benchmarks, but how long will it last?
It’s a stock pickers’ game in emerging markets
If you're OK with volatility and want emerging-markets exposure, you need to pick your spots carefully, says Templeton Investment Counsel's president.
Sell in May and go away?
Breakfast with Benjamin: Time to sell stocks? Plus: All you need to know about the Fed's policy decision today, lessons from a Texas-size bankruptcy, lingering effects of the polar vortex, a social media darling trips up, and the latest on Rep. Dave Camp's tax reform plan.
Volatility chiller
Breakfast with Benjamin: Rate clarity from Janet Yellen and the Fed this week could chill volatility. Plus: Someone doesn't like small caps, IN's big independent broker-dealer report is out, determining what airline to fly, a new cybersecurity warning and two popes are now saints.
