$44.6 billion DoubleLine Total Return Fund manager says central bank should hold off on raising rates; gives a nod toward gold, India equities and shorting the dollar.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Foreign mutual funds might be a good hiding spot for investors as U.S. stocks peak in cost.
Nontraditional investment could benefit from long-term trends, values-based investing: CIO Bartels.
Fund giant also plans to launch lower-cost institutional series to expand its market reach.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Having a maxed-out 401(k) is a good problem to have, but saving for retirement shouldn't end there.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Earnings signal flashing red, sending some investors to the sidelines, Gross sets a timeline, Bernanke wants the president to have more power, ETF investors hedge currencies and chase corporate bonds, and the first-year numbers behind Colorado's legal weed.
Tuesday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> features an adviser sentenced to 51 months of jail time for stealing from elderly clients. Plus: Bill Gross doesn't see a rate hike till late in the year, the latest bet for oil, and a don't-miss webcast sets the stage for 2015.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The bar will keep rising for banks as mixed stress test results come in for some of the world's largest banks.
'Abe-enomics' joins quantitative easing with corporate patriotism
Advisers and experts say 'the Fed really is hamstrung' by European Central Bankers' planned $50-billion-per-month quantitative easing program, meaning they can't raise or lower interest rates in this environment.
Plus: Learn from the U.S. and invest in Europe, Carly Fiorina chides Hillary Clinton over email excuses, and St. Patrick's Day, American-style
The top-performing socially conscious funds broken down by category.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> When it's OK to convert to a Roth IRA. Plus: Two emerge as Buffett successors; recognizing seasoned financial veterans, and Asian stocks get a boost from Chinese bankers.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> features the Federal Reserve being caught between a rock and a hard place on rate hikes. Plus: Greeks vote to kick the can down the road, Obama's tax grab looks like a blueprint for the future, and a billionaire tells Americans to spend less money
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Real estate might not deliver as expected. Plus: This week, we'll really know how the drop in oil affected companies and consumers; in currencies, it's not all about the Swiss franc; it's budget day in Washington; and all the Super Bowl ads, in case you missed them.
Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> includes gold hitting its highest level since September. Plus: Obama wants to tak 529 plans to fund free community college, emerging-market-debt managers emerge from the wreckage of 2014, and it's time to change some passwords.
Investors continue to see domestic stocks as the best thing going: Legg Mason survey.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Despite beating 94% of its peers since Bill Gross left the company, Pimco's Total Return Fund still dropped $11.6 billion in January. Plus: Crude oil drives the markets, unbelievable unemployment data, and finding some investments buried beneath the winter snow.
According to the fund giant, investors are taking on portfolio risk not seen since 1999 or 2007, and advisers need to adjust client expectations for low-return markets.
Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> features the case for investing in Russia looking great, at least on paper. Plus: Hedge funds are still shorting oil, will the big snowstorm close the financial markets, and how to pick the right IRA for your clients.
