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EQUITIES APR 11, 2014
Markets are bracing for a rough start to the week

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Why investors are bracing for a rough start to the week. Plus: The SEC hones in on hedge funds, rethinking stock buyback programs, trading stocks on your phone, and using your phone to break bad habits

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES APR 08, 2014
Viewing Alcoa's earnings season kick-off in a high-tech light

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> An old manufacturer goes high tech and why its earnings still matter. Plus: Emerging-markets stocks bounce as the dollar slides; the stock market's frayed nerves; and a little corporate board turnover can go a long way toward stock performance.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIA NEWS APR 08, 2014
When BRICs go bust, investors head toward frontier markets

<i>Friday's menu:</i> Where investors go when BRICs crack. Plus: How advisers can &amp;mdash; and should &amp;mdash; deal with male and female clients, mounting sanctions drive Russia toward China for economic help, investor class-action lawsuits spike, and saving money on travel.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES APR 08, 2014
Markets wake up to China's economic slowdown

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Markets wake up to China's economic slowdown. Plus: Soros deters British EU exit, an all-ETF retirement portfolio, rethinking cash-rich tech companies, undervalued Wall Street banks, and test your investor profile (for fun).

By Jeff Benjamin
EMERGING MARKETS APR 07, 2014
After outflows, Wisdom Tree doubles down on Japan

ETF firm launches five funds to offer pure-play exposure to Japanese companies.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
EMERGING MARKETS APR 01, 2014
Strong inflows reverse emerging-markets exodus

Profit from developed-nation positions is finding its way across global economy.

By CODONNELL
EQUITIES APR 01, 2014
Emerging markets stocks: Volatility, yes, but dividends too

New American Funds offering seeks to take advantage of strong payouts but some doubt strategy.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
EMERGING MARKETS APR 01, 2014
Ukraine likely to present buying opportunities, strategists say

Although it could have severe effects on Russian ruble, they're betting the crisis will be settled peaceably.

By CODONNELL
EMERGING MARKETS APR 01, 2014
Advisers must answer for emerging-markets rout as U.S. stocks rally

Many see opportunities in stocks and bonds but security of selection has become paramount.

By Andrew Leigh
EQUITIES MAR 31, 2014
When the White House starts giving investment advice, we're all in trouble

Investors wisely ignore calls to short or sell Russian stocks

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAR 28, 2014
Russia and the energy-stock short-sale question

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Is it time to short energy stocks, given the Russian rabble rousing? Plus: Gold's reaction to Fed chief Yellen, Candy Crush IPO's dizzy math, how to retire with $1M, and at tax time, age counts (the younger, the better).

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAR 25, 2014
What are the economic consequences of the next Cold War?

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> How the Russia situation could hit the economy. Plus: JPMorgan abandons its commodities business, Morningstar's deep dive into the Pimco mess, expect the expected from Yellen today, retirees give Boomers the playbook, and, big surprise, short-sellers badmouth stocks.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAR 24, 2014
Obama administration's call for boycotting Russian stocks falls flat

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Investors not taking President Obama's advice. Plus: Fed warns there's always time to worry about bubbles, Morgan Stanley doubles down on biotech, the cloud computing frenzy marches on, activist investor challenges Coke management perks, and index investing to cut the tax bill

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAR 21, 2014
Gold rally draws critics along with fans, but it's still a rally

<i>Friday's menu:</i> Both sides of the gold rally. Plus: Who won at last night's Lipper Awards; Yellen gets credit for driving the dollar higher; nearly all big banks pass stress tests; Russian sanctions taking hold; and when to use home equity to buy stocks.

By Jeff Benjamin
EMERGING MARKETS MAR 21, 2014
Finra freezes new arbitration cases in Puerto Rico

Finra freezes new arbitration cases in Puerto Rico as a flood of claims sends the regulator scrambling to find more arbitrators. Bruce Kelly has the story.

By Bruce Kelly
EQUITIES MAR 21, 2014
Stocks continue rally as safe haven moves slow

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i>Stocks continue to rally after Putin weighs in while one Fed official hopes for a quicker taper. Also: Obama's budget met with groans, the Comcast-Time Warner deal isn't done yet, Credit Suisse expanding in Asia and Facebook's drone dreams

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAR 21, 2014
U.S. stocks fall amid global equities selloff on Ukraine

U.S. stocks sank, tracking a global selloff in equities, as investors sought havens on concern that Russia's military presence in Ukraine could lead to a larger conflict. How long and deep could it go?

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES MAR 21, 2014
Investors not buying gold bounce despite Ukraine tension

The yellow metal is back in the spotlight, but strategists say that despite Ukraine tension, a long-term comeback is not in the cards. <i> Plus: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140303/FREE/140309988&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>Ukraine worries sink stocks</a>.</i>

By Mason Braswell
EQUITIES MAR 19, 2014
ICI pushes back on too-big-to-fail label for big fund firms

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> ICI resists 'Too Big to Fail' label for fund firms plus Crimea chooses Mother Russia and what that means for the markets. And guess what, the Fed is out of ammo, Pimco spins the Mohamed El-Erian departure while Mr. El-Erian opens a Twitter account.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAR 19, 2014
Asian investors spooked by China, Ukraine

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Asian investors spooked by China economic worries, Ukraine. Plus: Japan concerns surface, U.S. stock valuations not horrible, Washington as a Wall Street battleground and look who's worried about the Treasury market.

By Mason Braswell