The dominance of algorithms in trading means advisers need to re-evaluate their processes
Lisa McAlister, the company's former chief accounting officer, pulls her defamation suit, in which she claimed she was a scapegoat for a $23 million accounting error.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The Fed continues to hem and haw on raising interest rates. Plus: Options-based funds get it done, hedge funder spills the beans on 2015, and the outlook for oil prices is all over the map.
Four new funds not for the faint of heart or buy-and-hold investors.
Massive investment firms look to tackle a growing theme in fund management.
New executive chairman at REIT is longtime investment partner.
Jacob Frydman is focus of complaint that alleges plaintiff was fired for reporting 'certain improprieties' to Finra.
Commissioner says that the private market is working just fine and that the effort to revise the accredited-investor standard is a waste of time.
Buy low now vs. waiting a year and hoping for the best from the commodity.
In trying to capitalize on the news of mergers and acquisitions, hedge funds are being outdone by an exchange-traded fund clone.
Options and products using options, such as structured notes, can provide a defined level of control in equity investments.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Supply and demand math could mean $10 oil. Plus: Eric Holder takes a parting shot at Wall Street, SEC filings show how hedge funds did and didn't navigate the markets, and it's hard to bet against sin stocks.
Real estate investment trusts fell the most since September after a strong employment report renewed speculation that the Federal Reserve will boost interest rates in the first half of this year.
A typically conservative group, some advisers are holding back even as demand picks up.
Though high yielding, companies undervalued and have upside to dividends and share prices.
New York City Retirement Systems, TIAA-CREF join group of investors alleging ARCP misrepresented the company's business, "engaged in a scheme to deceive the market and a course of conduct that artificially inflated prices of American Realty securities.”
Thanks to attractive levels of income and distinctive market exposure, publicly traded business development companies are gaining a foothold among mainstream investors. But are they right for you and your clients?
The vast majority of these funds are new, and they require scrutiny in context of other assets.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: A stronger dollar and record valuations for global stocks have kicked the precious metal to the curb.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Real estate might not deliver as expected. Plus: This week, we'll really know how the drop in oil affected companies and consumers; in currencies, it's not all about the Swiss franc; it's budget day in Washington; and all the Super Bowl ads, in case you missed them.
