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Investors become selective, finding that not all emerging markets are created equal
Market volatility has forced strategic move from buy-and-hold to stock picking
New inflation data could drive the Fed into hawkish mode
On the Breakfast with Benjamin menu: Inflation data could turn doves into hawks. Plus: Oil could get a lot pricier in a hurry, insider trading runs rampant and SIFMA cuts its economic outlook.
Deflation: We fear you not
Why deflation is misunderstood, and differentiating between good and bad deflation is key.
Will tumult in Iraq unnerve clients?
Market has already priced in geopolitical turmoil in Middle East.
Iraq’s instability spreads to the world’s weaker currencies
Breakfast with Benjamin: Currencies feeling pressure from Iraq. Plus: Gold bugs still not convinced of the next big move, select energy stocks correlate with Iraq unrest, Americans are unable to save money in this economy, and the SEC zeros in on liquid alternative funds.
Four hot markets beating the Dow
Breakfast with Benjamin: Four hot markets right now; investors turn their focus to Europe; the SEC stops an adviser; a digital currency cautionary tale; dark pool transparency (thanks, Finra); and World Cup fever.
Emerging markets re-emerging
After a drop from the Federal Reserve's tapering scare, fixed income assets have rebounded.
Slow and steady for economy, stocks and tapering: Nuveen’s Doll
Bob Doll, Nuveen's chief equity strategist doesn't see big head winds for stocks or the economy this year, forecasting mid- to high-single-digit equity gains this year. What about tapering?
Why REITs are looking like the year’s hottest market sector
Today's Breakfast with Benjamin looks at what's propelling REITs into their position as the year's hottest market sector, plus emerging market stocks' record month, Japan's inflation woes, and much more.
Clintons jump through financial planning loopholes to dodge estate taxes they support
Breakfast with Benjamin: Brokers pouncing on 401(k) biz. Plus: The Clintons dodge the estate taxes they support. The Fed wants to add exit fees to bond funds, U.S. banks on the edge of new funding rules, Congress mulls investor confidence on your dime, El-Erian sides with the IMF, and merger mania is alive and well.
Best- and worst-performing international fixed-income mutual funds
Emerging-Markets Local Currency Debt All Portfolio net assets ($M) 1-year return 3-year return 5-year return Expense ratio* Dreyfus…
Best- and worst-performing international equity mutual funds
Emerging Markets Top 10 Portfolio net assets ($M) 1-year return 3-year return 5-year return Expense ratio* Forward Frontier…
The $20 billion MainStay Marketfield fund’s chicken or egg problem
Fund performance sagged as assets ballooned and performance sagged – but the manager says his bad bets were the culprit.
Oil spikes to a three-month high as Iraq’s stability crumbles
Breakfast with Benjamin:Oil spikes as Iraq's stability crumbles. Plus: Hedge funds bristle at Obama's latest executive order, the significance of the Dow at 17,000, how active managers are helping index investors, and quantitative analysis is being applied to golf scores.
Buffett is ready to double down on his wind and solar energy bet
Breakfast with Benjamin: Buffett doubles down on green. Plus: ECB stimulus gains traction, Apple shares at less than $100, Alibaba IPO risks, when prostitutes become currency traders, and how to buy Scotch for your dad.
Investors rush to safety in gold as Iraq falls
What's for Breakfast with Benjamin? The Iraq crisis hits another asset but in a good way. Plus: Oil spikes to nine-month high, a looming student loan crisis, how Goldman cashed out early on Alibaba, and a tribute to dads.
Investors embrace the risk-on mood and stocks are flying high
Today's menu: Risk is on! Plus: Nasdaq 100 nears 13-year high, Yellen sees housing trouble but can only watch, treating homeownership like a real investment, where money managers are made, and Congress proves to be the sweetest gig of all.
When searching for investment advice, consumers are drawn to the alphabet soup of credentials
Breakfast with Benjamin: Consumers drawn by alphabet soup of adviser credentials. Plus: Job cuts continue at Barclays, pushing for nationwide fracking, a big retirement risk, commodity hedge funds take a beating, and another smidgen of bad news for the IRS.
European stocks hit six-year high on fifth day of rally
Breakfast with Benjamin: Euro stocks rally but for how long?. Plus: The China risk, big money managers are flush once again, the future of airplane seating, and 21 inspirational yearbook quotes.
Ukraine’s new resistance to Russia draws attention back to the macroeconomic fallout
Friday's menu: Ukraine heats up and fund winners and losers come into focus. Plus: Fed-speak clarity: an oxymoron? Bank loan funds fall victim to Fed policy, Obamacare drags us back to the 1950s and banks square off with Big Labor in Vegas.
