<i>Breakfast with Benjamin: Why there's no excitement for this stock rally. </i>Plus: Fee-only RIAs in the catbird seat but they can't relax; the active ETF world heating up; what QE has wrought; on Phil Mickelson and insider trading; and Apple's big day.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Carl Icahn warns that stocks are on risky ground. Plus: Interest rates and volatility are raising red flags, one man's take on the Fed-fueled bubble, the SEC is watching for political-donation conflicts, gold gets no respect, and institutional money is chasing solar energy stocks.
In this Take Five interview, Raman Srivastava, manager of the Dreyfus Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund talks about what advisers should look for in an unconstrained, or go-anywhere, bond fund.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Barclays: Following in the footsteps of Sallie Krawcheck. Plus: The volatility play: Cheap but risky, bond managers brace for higher rates, dancing around the issue of student loan debt, and a potato salad venture whets the tax man's appetite.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Germany's World Cup rout goes beyond soccer. Plus: The SEC takes another stab at curbing high-speed trading, investment lessons from a crumbling cupcake chain, and dividend stocks are looking better than ever.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Buckling up for a rocky second half. Plus: Companies tweak bylaws to tamp down shareholder lawsuits, Morningstar settles software piracy case, JPMorgan embraces smart-beta investing, and buying beer stocks when it's hot outside.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The dollar is enjoying a big rally right into earnings season. Plus: Goldman moves up its rate hike forecast, putting GDP in perspective, El-Erian reads Yellen's mind, and proven old-school investing techniques.
Even with the Dow heading toward another milestone, Astor Investment Management's Rob Stein says the stock market is virtually in set-it and forget-it mode. In this Take Five interview, he explains why.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Stocks around the world are rallying. Plus: New rules and regs are not helping investors, the psychological impact of low volatility, investing in consumer spending, and toast tries to become gourmet dish. Toast.
Pattern now showing that it's time for defensive postures.
