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Let’s keep perspective on high-frequency trading
Michael Lewis’ book “Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt” (W.W. Norton & Co., 2014) has provoked a wave…
Refuting the bears
Bears are pointing to overly bullish sentiment readings and anemic volume as reasons to be wary of the end of the bull market. But there's more to the story.
Will tumult in Iraq unnerve clients?
Market has already priced in geopolitical turmoil in Middle East.
Fidelity and Credit Suisse team up for easier access to IPOs
Poll shows strong interest in IPOs among high-net-worth investors.
Iraq’s instability spreads to the world’s weaker currencies
Breakfast with Benjamin: Currencies feeling pressure from Iraq. Plus: Gold bugs still not convinced of the next big move, select energy stocks correlate with Iraq unrest, Americans are unable to save money in this economy, and the SEC zeros in on liquid alternative funds.
Lawmaker says high-frequency trading creates conflicts of interest
Senate hearing focuses on rebates paid to brokers for placing trades with wholesalers and for using certain exchanges.
Four hot markets beating the Dow
Breakfast with Benjamin: Four hot markets right now; investors turn their focus to Europe; the SEC stops an adviser; a digital currency cautionary tale; dark pool transparency (thanks, Finra); and World Cup fever.
This is the way long-term bull markets survive and thrive
Early equals wrong and it isn't until the masses buy every dip that bull markets begin to top out.
After large shareholder criticizes ARCP, Schorsch says REIT will slow down activity
Responding to a letter from an activist investor, Nicholas Schorsch says he will keep building the company but his acquisition pace will slow. (And on Monday, ARCP shareholders rejected Schorsch's executive comp plan)
Next on Janet Yellen’s to-do list: Winding down a $4.5T balance sheet
On Friday's menu: What's next on Yellen's to-do list. Plus: Small-cap stock weakness as a leading indicator, an SEC official dishes on PE funds, big banks are loving big mortgages, three finance questions you better be able to answer, and getting by on $6,000 an hour.
Answering the questions high-frequency trading raises
Money manager Brian Schreiner digs into the questions raised by the firestorm over Michael Lewis' book "Flash Boys" and claims that the stock market is rigged and comes up with some answers. Some questions can't yet be answered, though.
Slow and steady for economy, stocks and tapering: Nuveen’s Doll
Bob Doll, Nuveen's chief equity strategist doesn't see big head winds for stocks or the economy this year, forecasting mid- to high-single-digit equity gains this year. What about tapering?
Pimco likely to pick Dan Ivascyn to succeed Gross
Deputy chief investment officer has inside track to succeed 'Bond King' as CIO
Why REITs are looking like the year’s hottest market sector
Today's Breakfast with Benjamin looks at what's propelling REITs into their position as the year's hottest market sector, plus emerging market stocks' record month, Japan's inflation woes, and much more.
Time to sell stocks?
Amid the stock market's selloff, adviser Paul Schatz has been getting asked whether the bull is dead and a full-blown, multi-year correction is beginning.
Clintons jump through financial planning loopholes to dodge estate taxes they support
Breakfast with Benjamin: Brokers pouncing on 401(k) biz. Plus: The Clintons dodge the estate taxes they support. The Fed wants to add exit fees to bond funds, U.S. banks on the edge of new funding rules, Congress mulls investor confidence on your dime, El-Erian sides with the IMF, and merger mania is alive and well.
The $20 billion MainStay Marketfield fund’s chicken or egg problem
Fund performance sagged as assets ballooned and performance sagged – but the manager says his bad bets were the culprit.
BlackRock lists Ukraine among the biggest threats facing the markets
Breakfast with Benjamin: BlackRock calls Ukraine a market threat. Plus: JPMorgan gets a slap on the wrist from Finra, Yellen ponders fuzzy unemployment data, where the gold rally is headed from here, and the emergence of subprime business loans.
Investors find ways to deal with rising risk in stocks and bonds
Bank loans, business development companies, REITs and options strategies are just some ideas.
5 steps to making better investment decisions
First of all, there's no evidence that professionals make better investment decisions than individual investors.
