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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REITs through the roof in 2010
ALTERNATIVES MAR 03, 2011
REITs through the roof in 2010

Real estate investment trusts finished 2010 with a gain of nearly 28%, matching the stellar returns of 2009 and nearly double the performance of the S&P 500 last year.

Buy-and-hold is bunk, says Wealth Builders' Schreiber
RIA NEWS MAR 02, 2011
Buy-and-hold is bunk, says Wealth Builders' Schreiber

The portfolio manager says investors get squeamish when the during market drops, and often sell at big losses.

RIA NEWS FEB 24, 2011
Ex-Fairholme managers launch fund

Pitkowsky and Trauner unveil concentrated Goodhaven Fund; 'don't need to create an empire'

FIXED INCOME FEB 24, 2011
Muni bond issuers are lax about reporting, study shows

The municipal bond market, already under a dark cloud due to rising risk levels, apparently has a pattern of lax financial reporting practices that could further elevate concerns about the market

Global bets sink hedge funds
ALTERNATIVES FEB 22, 2011
Global bets sink hedge funds

Hedgies' performance badly trails that of S&P 500 in January

FIXED INCOME FEB 18, 2011
Muni bond issuers: Disclosure? What disclosure?

Study reveals vast majority of municipalities ignore or delay filing required financial reports on debt offerings; lack of manpower blamed

Inflation set to puncture bond portfolios, warns FPA's Atteberry
FIXED INCOME FEB 16, 2011
Inflation set to puncture bond portfolios, warns FPA's Atteberry

Rising prices on the march, says fixed-income fund manager; 'worst thing that can happen' for debt investors

MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 15, 2011
The Berkowitz breakaways: Two Fairholme Fund managers flee

Veteran portfolio managers Larry Pitkowsky and Keith Trauner have “put the band back together” in the form of Goodhaven Capital Management LLC.

MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 14, 2011
Two ways to play the growing middle class: Philip Tasho

Agricultural commodities represents a creative way to invest in the world's emerging middle class, according to Philip Tasho, founder and chief investment officer at Tamro Capital Partners, which manages $1.4 billion in asset management.

Egypt an oil price powder keg? Not likely, says global fund manager
EMERGING MARKETS FEB 11, 2011
Egypt an oil price powder keg? Not likely, says global fund manager

Oppenheimer's Zervos expects plenty of noise, but little investment impact from uprising; country accounts for meager 0.3% of global GDP