Friday's Breakfast with Benjamin featuring what big investors are doing with their cash. Plus: Bracing for an SEC exam, robo-adviser asset-gathering update, stocks to watch next week, and more ways to spend bitcoin.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin: </i>The average 401(k) balance tops $89K. Plus: Comcast buying Time Warner, Fink likes emerging markets while Buffet shuns Graham Holdings, California drought hits agriculture stocks, and the ultimate smart car.
Through last week, muni bond mutual funds have experienced 27 consecutive weeks of net outflows and while the investor exodus has not helped fund performance, it has contributed to the reality of basic bond math, which means higher yields.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Emerging markets getting more and more attractive. Plus: Bill Gross bounces back, the February buying opportunity, this isn't 1929, and Goldman manicures an apology for giving nail files to women.
The recent spike in stock market volatility has put the financial advice community into scramble mode, with many advisers fielding calls from nervous clients while embracing defensive investment strategies.
Modest $10 billion cut plus reaffirmation of zero-interest rate policy puts nervous investors at ease.
Last week's string of positive U.S. economic data is once again drawing attention to the direction of gold prices. What will trigger the precious metal's next valuation move?
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Emerging market selloff raises contagion fears. Plus: Short-selling starts to make sense, Bill Gross plans to work till he's 109, Obamacare triggers downgrade of health insurers, economists bicker over minimum wage laws, and tricks of debt-free Americans.
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Today: Who will be happy with Obama's budget blueprint? Plus, a contrarian idea for stocks, tapering already, gold, GMATs and g-forces.
