Plus: Asian markets are charging, hitting a year-end financial high note, how to use bond ETFs, Amex gets stung, and apps for getting fit. Check out Breakfast with Benjamin.
Plus: Elizabeth Warren vs. Wall Street, emerging markets see downside of credit boom, and the realities of alternative energy investments. All in Breakfast with Benjamin.
Wall Street's biggest firms are predicting intensifying bond losses in emerging markets, where borrowing costs have already soared to the highest in more than four years versus U.S. corporate debt, as the Federal Reserve considers curtailing record stimulus.
The action in exchange-traded funds investing in India started heating up the day after Labor Day. Since then, the funds have had a 28% run that erased most of the losses they'd suffered this year, while the broader emerging markets are up 10%. ETF investors who want to amp up their exposure to India have options ranging from a broad basket of mostly large-cap stocks to a far-riskier bet focusing on small-caps.
Today's Breakfast with Benjamin: T. Rowe Price warns of correction, Deutsche Bank bans chat rooms, the first-ever hedge fund ad debuts, big banks sweating over the looming Volcker rule, and EU Commission levies heavy fine for rate rigging.
Today's Breakfast with Benjamin includes: Facing the reality of capital gains, Hilton IPO sheds light on hotel stocks, hedge funds go long-only, and the Brits outshop Americans.
Markets are poised for the Santa rally and January effect. Also in today's Breakfast with Benjamin: Cyber Monday becomes Cyber Week, global factory growth, CEO pay and stock performance, and financing 'The Twelve Days of Christmas.'
Plus: Emerging markets get dicey, butting heads with Buffett, hedging with ETFs, more Bitcoin buzz
Plus: Fed taper could hit savers hard, new scrutiny on company stock in K plans, the stocks hedge funds love and Consumer Report's annual "naughty and nice" list. All in today's Breakfast with Benjamin.
What's <i>InvestmentNews</i> senior columnist Jeff Benjamin reading this morning? Whether your clients need long-term care insurance, hedge funds loading up on GM stock, Greenspan calls Bitcoin a bubble, JPMorgan confirms cardholders were hacked and Britain gets bullish. Breakfast with Benjamin is served.
Global markets start the week strong, thanks to U.S. economic news. Plus: Schwab IMPACT coverage, Wall Street prophets, Veterans Day. Expertly curated by <i>InvestmentNews</i> senior columnist Jeff Benjamin.
Three big reports to hit the market, plus: Bitcoin spikes as euro takes a dive, Bernanke's prezzie to Yellen and advisers' big headache. Curated by <i>InvestmentNews</i> senior columnist Jeff Benjamin.
Interest in Europe, emerging markets is climbing, Aberdeen survey shows
European Equities: Time for domestically focused firms
Templeton portfolio manager on searching for equity values across in Europe, where many investors don't dare dip their toes
Retail investors showing uncharacteristic resiliency in the face of lackluster performance.
American Funds is planning to launch a pure-play emerging-market equity offering even as the asset class suffers from growing pains. Will it fly?
Pimco's Mohamed El-Erian says the U.S. economic recovery is facing stiff headwinds from weakening emerging market economies and spiraling currencies. That has big implications for investors.
