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EQUITIES JUL 14, 2014
Citigroup's Mexican unit under FBI scrutiny for alleged fraud

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin: </i>Citi under the FBI microscope. Plus: Using P/E ratios to dispel bubble theories, re-calculating the size of the nation's oil reserves, big banks and big overdraft fees, GM and political grandstanding, and it's always a good time to teach kids about money.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES JUL 11, 2014
Advisers still suspicious as Dow closes over 17,000

As stocks cross a symbolic threshold, advisers fear clients' rushing in at potential market peak.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
RIA NEWS JUL 11, 2014
Stocks have biggest May in years but where's the excitement?

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin: Why there's no excitement for this stock rally. </i>Plus: Fee-only RIAs in the catbird seat but they can't relax; the active ETF world heating up; what QE has wrought; on Phil Mickelson and insider trading; and Apple's big day.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES JUL 10, 2014
Carl Icahn advises caution in the equity markets

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Carl Icahn warns that stocks are on risky ground. Plus: Interest rates and volatility are raising red flags, one man's take on the Fed-fueled bubble, the SEC is watching for political-donation conflicts, gold gets no respect, and institutional money is chasing solar energy stocks.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES JUL 09, 2014
Volatility looks cheap and risky

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Barclays: Following in the footsteps of Sallie Krawcheck. Plus: The volatility play: Cheap but risky, bond managers brace for higher rates, dancing around the issue of student loan debt, and a potato salad venture whets the tax man's appetite.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES JUL 09, 2014
Barry Ritholtz: A correction is coming

Barry Ritholtz sees a market correction as inevitable, but lays out reasons why investors and advisers shouldn't fear its arrival.

By Barry Ritholtz
EQUITIES JUL 09, 2014
It's time for dividend-paying stocks

Shift in investor focus to valuations and quality is a natural reaction to rising geopolitical risk.

By Matt McCormick
EQUITIES JUL 08, 2014
The financial fallout from Germany's World Cup rout of Brazil

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Germany's World Cup rout goes beyond soccer. Plus: The SEC takes another stab at curbing high-speed trading, investment lessons from a crumbling cupcake chain, and dividend stocks are looking better than ever.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES JUL 08, 2014
Investors bracing for a wild second half of 2014

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Buckling up for a rocky second half. Plus: Companies tweak bylaws to tamp down shareholder lawsuits, Morningstar settles software piracy case, JPMorgan embraces smart-beta investing, and buying beer stocks when it's hot outside.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES JUL 08, 2014
Defensive stocks flash false alarm as tech, consumer shares rally

Improving economic outlooks backs rally in transportation stocks, industrials and small-caps as utilities lag.

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES JUL 08, 2014
Dow average tops 17,000 as payrolls rise

Markets await details of ECB stimulus plans

By ntappan
EQUITIES JUL 08, 2014
Best- and worst-performing equity mutual funds

By Andrew Leigh
EQUITIES JUL 08, 2014
Advisers worry about high-speed trading backlash from clients after Michael Lewis contention that markets are 'rigged'

&#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; segment, new book fuel concern that jittery investors will become even more skeptical.

By Liz Skinner
EQUITIES JUL 08, 2014
High-frequency trading runs over a rigged market: Barry Ritholtz

On &quot;60 Minutes,&quot; author Michael Lewis made a bland assertion: High-frequency traders, he said, working with U.S. stock exchanges and big banks, have rigged the markets in their own favor. The only surprising thing about Lewis's charge was that anyone could be even remotely surprised by it.

By Barry Ritholtz
RIA NEWS JUL 07, 2014
Dollar rides high on hope into earnings season

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The dollar is enjoying a big rally right into earnings season. Plus: Goldman moves up its rate hike forecast, putting GDP in perspective, El-Erian reads Yellen's mind, and proven old-school investing techniques.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES JUL 07, 2014
Most investors missed the Dow's early fireworks

Today's <i>Breakfast with Braswell</i> covers investors missing out on the Dow's latest rally, another gender bias suit hitting Wall Street, and much more.

By Andrew Leigh
EQUITIES JUL 07, 2014
Bob Doll's midyear assessment of investments, the market and the economy

Heading into the second half of the year, Nuveen's chief equity strategist reviews his 2014 expectations for the market, economy and investment vehicles.

By Robert C. Doll
EQUITIES JUL 07, 2014
Losers of '14 come roaring back

The best stocks this month, like Netflix, Tesla and TripAdvisor, which are all up more than 16% in the past four weeks, were the market's biggest losers just a few months ago. What gives?

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES JUL 07, 2014
What can mutual fund flow data tell us?

Fund flows contain useful information that advisers can use to gauge the popularity of different trading strategies and identify changes in market focus.

By David Levine
EQUITIES JUL 03, 2014
Stock market rally is more than a big number

Even with the Dow heading toward another milestone, Astor Investment Management's Rob Stein says the stock market is virtually in set-it and forget-it mode. In this Take Five interview, he explains why.

By Jeff Benjamin