MLPs move back into the spotlight for patient investors
Steven A. Cohen is poised to make a return to the hedge-fund industry by 2018 under an accord with U.S. regulators that settles allegations that the billionaire failed to supervise a convicted insider-trader at SAC Capital Advisors.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Morningstar's John Rekenthaler clarifies after recently referring to market-timers as “circus clowns minus the funny suits.”
Good infrastructure products are unlikely to wildly outperform equities, but they're also unlikely to create serious losses
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Smart beta was the top financial search term on Investopedia in 2015, and for good reason.
Hedge-fund assets contracted by $95 billion to $2.87 trillion during third quarter amid a surge of fund closures.
Flip-flopping the weightings of the traditional Dow 30 stocks
The firm's settlement with the states was reminiscent of how broker-dealers handled various settlements in paying clients who bought auction rate securities.
Cerulli sees ETF assets more than doubling to $6T by 2020
Fund closure could put the spotlight on fixed-income ETFs, which are vulnerable because they are more liquid than their underlying assets.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: This week's rate hike could hit the markets in a half dozen, mostly bad, ways.
Some advisers swear by it, while others shun it as useless legalese.
The carnage unfolding in the high-yield bond market has paved the way for serious gains in some managed futures funds.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The bond market selloff has sparked fears that the Fed might not hike rates today.
Plus: JPMorgan's David Kelly second-guesses the Fed, MLP investors hang on for dear life, and Joe Montana gets his VC groove on
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: More than a third of the outstanding U.S. high yield and leveraged loan universe is at risk in a rising-rate cycle.
A deficit of transparency and liquidity often leads to high costs and low returns.
Making the case for alternatives is less about the absolute returns they can deliver, but their potential over full market cycles.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Security guard/waiter/travel agent posing as a hedge fund manager has been convicted of stealing more than $800,000 from 17 investors.
Legion M offers hope for a Hollywood-level debut.
