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.

Jeff Benjamin
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RIA NEWS FEB 04, 2013
Analysts unfazed by economy's fourth-quarter dip

Wednesday's report from the Commerce Department shows that the economy contracted by 0.1%; experts more focused on markets' momentum gain

Will Washington kill the muni tax exemption?
FIXED INCOME JAN 28, 2013
Will Washington kill the muni tax exemption?

Politics trumps logic, basic math in Capitol Hill cat fight

Dividend income funds sizzling after cliff deal
EQUITIES JAN 24, 2013
Dividend income funds sizzling after cliff deal

Pent-up demand driving stocks higher as threat of higher tax rates gone.

Clear of fiscal cliff, munis facing another volatile patch
FIXED INCOME JAN 23, 2013
Clear of fiscal cliff, munis facing another volatile patch

Threat to tax-exempt status 'clear and present danger.'

EQUITIES JAN 20, 2013
Investors clamoring for dividend income

EQUITIES JAN 18, 2013
Deal on dividend tax is small victory for investors

EQUITIES JAN 15, 2013
A fourth asset class? Investors are piling in

EQUITIES JAN 06, 2013
Promising future for U.S. equities

EQUITIES JAN 01, 2013
Markets calm amid cliff talks

As the clock ticks down on the final day of 2012, the financial markets show a glimmer of hope that Washington will get its act together and reach some kind of agreement ahead of the year-end fiscal cliff.

Get rid of the muni tax break? Then get ready for higher property taxes
FIXED INCOME DEC 20, 2012
Get rid of the muni tax break? Then get ready for higher property taxes

Knock-on effect of hiked borrowing costs would force municipalities to raise other levies; robbing Peter