<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The Fed gets credit for 93% of the stock market's run since 2008, and it's not just a spurious correlation.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> There's a new low-minimum IRA targeted to young investors who want their money invested in companies dedicated to sustainability.
The precious metal is already up nearly 17% from the start of the year, and some analysts are now suggesting the case for gold is getting even stronger.
Investors are piling in to gold funds, ETFs
Meager economic growth and political fear-mongering aside, financial advisers shouldn't be overly concerned about the threat of a U.S. recession.
Scoring funds for social, environmental and governance factors feeds a growing investor appetite
Hybrid exchange-traded mutual fund called a 'test case', and is already receiving some skeptical reviews.
The U.S. employment report for February will need to show continued robust job additions, higher wage growth and a labor participation rate that is edging up.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The simple gesture of a financial adviser doing a favor for a friend, and an odd research note, helped take down the Allen Stanford Ponzi scheme.
Warning signs of inflation have begun to appear, and advisers shouldn't be ignoring them
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Is it time to start hedging the risk that Congress might renege on its Roth promise?
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Turns out the key to navigating the current market environment is to do whatever hedge funds are not doing. It's that simple.
Reason to like tech dividend payers: Most have enough cash to keep their dividends flowing for years.
Plus: Debt-fueled oil boom goes bust, anticipating Buffett's annual letter, and save some bank with these handy apps
Most fund managers want to stay fully invested.
Help keep clients invested for the long term, allaying real fears that their money &mdash; and dreams &mdash; may disappear.
The world's biggest money manager is warning bond investors they're not prepared for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> When it comes to mutual funds, it's important to understand the difference between tax efficiency and after-tax returns.
Dislocation among sectors, industries and securities, creates the perfect environment for alternative strategies.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The lessons that were learned from the August 24th flash crash.
