On Thursday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: A string of catty comments accompany a Morningstar talk-up of Pimco's outlook. Plus, what municipal bond investors can learn from Detroit and Stockton, avoid getting sucked in by the market's latest winning streak, and much more.
Rally pushes valuations to highest level since 2009; financials in focus.
Both companies controlled by the REIT czar but broker-dealer not involved in accounting trouble at American Realty Capital Properties.
Midweek <i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> What's making dollar bulls cheer. Plus: Picking winners and losers in the net-neutrality fight, Goldman's coveted promotion cycle, Dems suddenly like the Keystone XL pipeline, and Tim Geithner ruffles the Europeans.
Valuations getting high but solid earnings provide strong foundation for market gains.
B-Ds halting sales of Schorsch's REITs include some of the largest and most influential in the industry
Bond manager announces the news on Twitter
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> It's all about access at Goldman. Plus: U.S. soldiers sue banks for helping Iran finance attacks in Iraq, adjusting portfolios for a fourth-quarter ride, oil prices are expected to hang low till the next OPEC meeting, and a hats off to companies taking their hats off to veterans today.
S&P heads for a weekly gain as October's jobs report expected to add to signs of strength in the U.S. economy
S&P 500 expected to reach new record high as investors cheer business-friendly GOP.
Fidelity's active management heft and huge product-distribution capacity now extend to a corner dominated by Pimco as it launches actively managed bond ETFs.
Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> sees Pimco CEO Douglas Hodge downplay Bill Gross' exit, big-money players identifying a stock market entry point, JPMorgan's huge data breach, and more.
Companies must heed the gentle warnings being given to them by Finra and the SEC on complex investments.
Stock-index futures were little changed, after the Standard & Poor's 500 Index posted a third weekly gain, as investors watched corporate results.
October jobless data become the focus amid solid earnings.
Says company has started the healing process; expects full recovery may “take some time.”
Distributions retain the tax characteristics of what happened in the REIT
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i>Shopping season bodes well for stocks. <i>Plus:</i> John Hancock pushes for liquid alts in retirement plans; being thankful for seasonal market timing; and learning to fly drones for fun and profit
Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> on hedge funds owning $16 billion in Puerto Rican muni bond debt, the scary similarities between advisers and psychics, why deep-water drilling looks like a bargain, and more.
Loaded up with goodies, gimmicks and hope
