Jeff Benjamin

Jeff Benjamin is a senior columnist who primarily writes about investments and practice management as they relate to the wealth management industry. In addition to news and opinion writing, Jeff also does regular video interviews and is the co-host of The InvestmentNews Podcast, a weekly show that takes listeners behind the scenes of our coverage. He joined InvestmentNews in 2000. Prior to InvestmentNews, Jeff’s career included working as an analyst at Cerulli Associates, and as a reporter for Dow Jones Newswires. Jeff is based in North Carolina and when he isn’t working, he can usually be found playing golf or fishing. Jeff is a former Marine and has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Central Michigan University.

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EQUITIES JUL 22, 2016
Jeffrey Gundlach's 'Bond King' crown comes into question

Plus: Indexers take over the world, building trust with clients, and some summer reading ideas for advisers

FIXED INCOME JUL 21, 2016
Bond investors should be sweating a looming Treasury glut

Plus: The real cost of socially responsible investing, how to invest in bonds, and qualified charitable distributions

EQUITIES JUL 21, 2016
Step aside bears, the market's next growth mode is kicking in

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> It's a brighter growth outlook, not low rates, that's fueling the latest rally.

Building bond ladders for a low-interest-rate world
EQUITIES JUL 21, 2016
Building bond ladders for a low-interest-rate world

Some advisers tweak the model, others remain pure.

EQUITIES JUL 21, 2016
Why it does and doesn't matter if fund managers invest in their own funds

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Should you care if a portfolio manager is investing in a fund he or she is managing? It depends.

Vanguard CEO Bill McNabb tells advisers to embrace robos or fall behind
FINTECH JUL 20, 2016
Vanguard CEO Bill McNabb tells advisers to embrace robos or fall behind

Forget desktops. The future is about mobile and phones.

EQUITIES JUL 18, 2016
Goldman says U.S. investors should keep their portfolios local

Plus: Diversification varies when it comes to ETFs, Wall Street starts cutting pay, and the next President will need to figure out how to handle Congress

EQUITIES JUL 18, 2016
The fiduciary conundrum of charging lower fees for bond allocations

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Can charging lower fees for bond investments be both the right thing to do and a violation of your fiduciary duty?

Trouble ahead? Stock and bond markets sending divergent signals
EQUITIES JUL 18, 2016
Trouble ahead? Stock and bond markets sending divergent signals

Treasury yields hit the floor while stocks hope for the best.

EQUITIES JUL 18, 2016
Brexit forces a dovish Fed into cowering mode

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Following the Brexit, the Fed is now sheepishly tilting toward a rate cut.