DIY investing trend creates a new kind of hybrid client
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Despite the mood on Wall Street getting downright gloomy, some economists still think the Fed will raise interest rates next month.
Panic selling off the opening bell leads to investors buying the drop but more losses possible as all eyes focus on China's problems.
As investors continued to flee the stock market Friday, cool-headed advisers kept their clients focused on the long term by pointing out that the week-long pullback, as sharp as it has been, comes in the wake of a seven-year bull market run.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> One troubling result of Thursday's big stock drop, in which the Dow industrials lost 358 points, or just over 2%, is that the market's oldest timing signal flashed a sell signal.
Dividend rally is slowing, but still alive and well.
First ETF to offer equal-weighted exposure to a REIT index.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> A Fed official put some of the central bank's post-financial crisis actions under a magnifying glass and found they have done little to boost the economy.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The oil guru who predicted last year's rout said $100-a-barrel crude is likely to return within five years as faltering supply fails to meet demand.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Contrarians, listen up. Janet Yellen's optimism about the U.S. economy is making gold speculators the least bullish on record.
