Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Finra targets trading trickery. Plus: Credit Suisse pleads guilty to tax evasion, dealing with the Fed's giant balance sheet, Treasuries vs. gold and 10 great baseball movies to see this summer.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The bond market's oddly logical rally. Plus: Retail and professional investors get cautious, gold tops $1,300 an ounce, the income opportunities in deep-water drilling, and clarifying Thomas Piketty's attack on capitalism
Firm runs crash-test analysis to identify biggest losers &mdash; and winners &mdash; if the tension escalates. You might be surprised at the results.
CEO bows in apology to Japanese customers; possible theft of 850,000 units.
Show respect for values, explain 'good' debt and accept that Hispanics don't put much emphasis on retirement.
Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: China moves hit T-bonds. Plus: Navigating a bond portfolio through rising rates, El-Erian says the market outlook is rocky, the price of meat is high and going higher, and math doesn't have to be so darn complicated.
The eurozone is finally starting to show signs of growth more than five years after the financial crisis, and financial advisers are betting that there is more good news to come.
Plus: Alibaba IPO is on track to break records, what U.S. investors will really get when buying Alibaba shares, Goldman offers a leg up to Steven Cohen, and MSNBC apologizes for poor taste on Cinco de Mayo
On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu, the latest step the Obama administration is taking to push back against Russia, plus just how much support the Clintons have among Dow Jones Index companies, and much more.
Firms lagging in long-term planning, standing out from the crowd and connecting with young investors.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Investors' nerves are fraying and that's not a good thing. Plus: Spiking demand for U.S. Treasuries, dodging corporate taxes, the ABCs of liquid alts, risk-adjusted sector performance, and boning up on your Cinco De Mayo history.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Can Janet Yellen and her Federal Reserve colleagues avoid roiling the markets? Plus: Visa and MasterCard tighten screws on Russian banks, bond ladders get snubbed by a fan of bond barbells, checking the math on alternative-investment performance, and the momentum-stock nosedive is real.
<i>Friday's menu:</i> Investors waking up to Putin's Russia risks. Plus: Russia's debt downgraded as Kerry issues another warning; U.S. manufacturing comes back (but housing has not); how about this call: gold to hit $5,000 an ounce; the SEC starts to dissect liquid alt funds; and how sanctions are supposed to work.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Obama tees up more sanctions. Plus: Financial pros warn against ignoring Ukraine's significance, the housing market is being hurt by basement dwellers, epic Medicare fraud, safe investment bets surprise in 2014, and $1 million saved for retirement is now considered a good start.
Navigating an investment portfolio around Russia's increasingly aggressive move into Ukraine will not be easy, but there's no excuse for ignoring the potential risks &mdash; and maybe a opportunities &mdash; linked to the turmoil.
They're even interested in international stocks, survey finds.
Despite growing economic concern, there is no shortage of reasons for optimism. You just have to know where to look.
If you're OK with volatility and want emerging-markets exposure, you need to pick your spots carefully, says Templeton Investment Counsel's president.
<i>Friday's menu:</i> Consumers still left in the loan lurch. Plus: Which manager just jumped into the liquid alts pool? Some stocks for a rising-rate cycle; commodities are hot again; European banks ride the wave; and Merrill trims its housing outlook.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> All eyes are on earnings. Plus: The SEC discovers high-frequency trading, momentum takes out passive investors, AAA credit ratings becoming extinct, new love for emerging markets, six solid stocks to watch this week, overwhelmed at the IRS, and Switzerland votes for the world's highest minimum wage.
