Advisers must weigh risks against rewards of investing in the high-flying Chinese stock market.
MSCI says it will open the door to the world's hottest stock market, just not yet.
Eliminate over-allocations to the U.S. market by encouraging plan sponsors to add international options to menus and explaining diversification benefits to participants.
Investors are finding bonds with plumper yields, and stocks that beat the S&P 500
Investing in specific companies is the best approach, but it entails more risk
Fixed-income securities are increasingly diverse and their credit quality has improved markedly
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Equity markets are abruptly adjusting to the notion that the Fed might finally get off the sidelines.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The pace of the country's economic recovery is becoming more of a riddle than a reality.
Customized trade-offs between volatility and income benefits can help clients meet a variety of investment goals.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: A fake financial adviser was found guilty of wire fraud and money laundering related to $11.3M he conned from a real adviser.
Plus: Currency traders become the new yield producers, building a global portfolio, and what Yogi Berra might say about today's financial markets
Claim says UBS mismanaged a trust to keep monies invested in closed-end bond funds.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The billionaire investor is calling on the United States to allow China's currency to join the International Monetary Fund's basket of currencies.
Record inflows raising concerns of a 'crowded trade'
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Good or bad, investors could react sharply to the April jobs report. Plus: Bitcoin could be back, Fitbit plans an IPO and offbeat economic indicators.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The chairwoman of the Federal Reserve called equity valuations 'quite high,' bond yields low and said the combination raises 'potential dangers.' Her comments roiled markets.
Currency-hedging ETF strategies are a no-brainer: Merrill Lynch portfolio manager
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Warren Buffett rejects analysts' criticism of Berkshire Hathaway's financials. Plus: Family Dollar's lesson in luck, small-cap stocks at odds with jobs data, and Alan Greenspan on Greece exiting the euro.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Retail brokerages are shut out of the SEC's advisory committee for market reforms to protect retail investors.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Bond bulls continue to shrug off logic, claiming it's different this time, even despite negative yields.
