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George Soros pitches a currency move to prevent a third world war
EQUITIES MAY 19, 2015
George Soros pitches a currency move to prevent a third world war

<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.

By Jeff Benjamin
Investors jump into European stocks hoping for another QE ride
EQUITIES MAY 19, 2015
Investors jump into European stocks hoping for another QE ride

Record inflows raising concerns of a 'crowded trade'

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAY 08, 2015
Good or bad, jobs report could roil the markets, investors

<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.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAY 08, 2015
Fed Chief Janet Yellen warns on stock valuations

<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.

By Jeff Benjamin
Wirehouse advisers pile into euro-stock ETFs
EQUITIES MAY 01, 2015
Wirehouse advisers pile into euro-stock ETFs

Currency-hedging ETF strategies are a no-brainer: Merrill Lynch portfolio manager

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Warren Buffett's financial results start to raise red flags
EQUITIES MAY 01, 2015
Warren Buffett's financial results start to raise red flags

<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.

By Jeff Benjamin
Retail brokers are shut out of the SEC's market reform efforts
EQUITIES APR 28, 2015
Retail brokers are shut out of the SEC's market reform efforts

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Retail brokerages are shut out of the SEC's advisory committee for market reforms to protect retail investors.

By Jeff Benjamin
The riddle and the dilemma of global bonds
ALTERNATIVES APR 20, 2015
The riddle and the dilemma of global bonds

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Bond bulls continue to shrug off logic, claiming it's different this time, even despite negative yields.

By Jeff Benjamin
Northern Trust: Managers remain optimistic on U.S. economy
EQUITIES APR 20, 2015
Northern Trust: Managers remain optimistic on U.S. economy

Outlook on eurozone is somewhat upbeat, survey shows.

By Rob Kozlowski
If you tread at all into the energy sector, tread lightly
EQUITIES APR 19, 2015
If you tread at all into the energy sector, tread lightly

It has become the ultimate stock-pickers market

By Jeff Benjamin
Bracing for the Greek exit
EQUITIES APR 15, 2015
Bracing for the Greek exit

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Now might be a good time to start bracing for a Greek default, as the probability has never been as high.

By Jeff Benjamin
The trouble with emerging and frontier markets indexes
EMERGING MARKETS APR 15, 2015
The trouble with emerging and frontier markets indexes

In spite of all the turmoil and risk, emerging markets are growing. Rapidly.

By Kevin Carter
Bill Gross says he will short the German bund, eventually
ALTERNATIVES APR 14, 2015
Bill Gross says he will short the German bund, eventually

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Bill Gross calls out the 10-year German bund, but you'll want to wait more than a year for the end of Europe's easing.

By Jeff Benjamin
Rethinking how you build clients' equity portfolios
EQUITIES APR 09, 2015
Rethinking how you build clients' equity portfolios

How cyclical and sector stock investing intersect represent an untapped opportunity for clients to diversify and see risk-adjusted returns.

By Archan Basu and Dirk Hofschire
EQUITIES APR 07, 2015
Even outside U.S., passive investments widen share of sales over active

Gap between active and passive funds in international equities reaches highest level since financial crisis.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Jobs report's bad news is bad news
EQUITIES APR 07, 2015
Jobs report's bad news is bad news

With any luck, by the time the market re-opens Monday, the stunningly weak report will be fully absorbed and diluted along with a weekend full of marshmallow bunnies, chocolate eggs and whatever other news develops. But don't bet on it.

By Jeff Benjamin
Job growth is the economy's only bright side, and it isn't very bright
EQUITIES APR 03, 2015
Job growth is the economy's only bright side, and it isn't very bright

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The data show companies are hiring, but virtually everything else in the economy is falling.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES APR 01, 2015
The surging dollar could crush unhedged global mutual funds

Simple ways to remove the currency risk are available but advisers need to find &amp;mdash; and understand &amp;mdash; them.

By Jeff Benjamin
HSBC says the dollar's powerful days are numbered
EQUITIES MAR 23, 2015
HSBC says the dollar's powerful days are numbered

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: HSBC thinks the strong dollar is poised to run out of steam, though it might just be wishful thinking.

By Jeff Benjamin
The looming threat of an increasingly powerful dollar
EQUITIES MAR 20, 2015
The looming threat of an increasingly powerful dollar

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: It's important to understand the scary downside of an extremely strong U.S. dollar.

By Jeff Benjamin