<I>Breakfast with Benjamin:</I> Investing in China stocks is a scary proposition right now but there's an ETF that uses a smart approach. It's down, but not like the Shanghai market.
It isn't just global shocks that may support Treasuries &mdash; while jobs are back and business confidence is growing, wages remain stagnant.
Sector funds give specialist managers an opportunity to shine during a long bull market.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The financial sector has been a laggard and in fact hasn't been an early cycle winner since 2011. But the picture is getting brighter.
Strategists recommend a slow and steady move into the world's second-largest equity market.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The IMF is throwing a wrench into the Greek bailout works, setting off a political earthquake in Europe.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Teaching economics to a presidential contender isn't easy. Unless the economic advisers agree with the preconceived views of the candidates, the relationship can be testy and useless.
As everyone knows, asset prices generally love quantitative easing, and Europe and Japan both have engaged in massive asset purchases.
Any market pullback is seen as a buying opportunity.
Sydney-based money manager says average dual-listed company trades at half its price off the mainland.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: China gets low marks for how it's trying to save its equity markets by preventing the sale of stocks.
Advisers should communicate proactively with clients to ease their fears and solidify the bond.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The nation's biggest banks, like JPMorgan Chase, are lumping their broker-dealer units in with other 'non-essential' operations.
Not having access to the market has been protecting mutual-fund investors from fast declines.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The market bears are getting bolder as they start to come out from a long hibernation, which doesn't really bode well for the bulls.
The Global X FTSE Greece 20 ETF listed in the U.S. is just about the only way for investors to play the crisis. Be warned, however, it's volatile.
ETF holds up better than other funds that own riskier, lower-rated debt, which had their worst monthly outflows ever.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Greek voters opt for a collision course with the European Union over austerity. Go figure.
Greece isn't another Lehman Brothers. I am not worried about contagion as with subprime mortgages in 2007. I don't fear counterparty risk as with AIG.
Expect more volatility, but country isn't big enough to have lasting impact on eurozone
