Near-term decline in equities follows pattern of a typical post-recession recovery
Strong market rally and mixed jobs report adds fresh fuel to the debate over when the Fed might institute the first rate hike since 2006. <i>(See also: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20150506/FREE/150509951/forget-a-rate-hike-ndash-peter-schiff-expects-more-quantitative"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">Schiff: Forget rate hike, look for QE4</a>)</i>
Tens of thousands of investors will be listening to Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett on Saturday for his views on the economy and topics from ketchup to geopolitics. Here's a list of names they'll also be listening for.
Currency-hedging ETF strategies are a no-brainer: Merrill Lynch portfolio manager
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Warren Buffett rejects analysts' criticism of Berkshire Hathaway's financials. Plus: Family Dollar's lesson in luck, small-cap stocks at odds with jobs data, and Alan Greenspan on Greece exiting the euro.
Limits of diversity, wisdom of taking profits and importance of rebalancing are top lessons learned from bursting of the dotcom bubble 15 years ago.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The solid housing market stands in contrast to the dismal first quarter GDP numbers.
Investors inject $19.5 billion into equity ETFs in the first quarter
New multialternative fund seen as endorsement of alts, while pressuring fees
Trends can be tempting and tough to ignore, so knowing where to look for opportunities others are missing is key.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Retail brokerages are shut out of the SEC's advisory committee for market reforms to protect retail investors.
Global CIO Wieting says 'significant market drop' likely by the end of the decade.
Your clients will appreciate it if you help them avoid the 43.4% tax bracket
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The NFL gives up its tax-exempt status, and estimates suggest the league's tax bill could be $10 million per year.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The Nasdaq is back to 2000 levels, but everything else is different.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The Carlyle Group is shutting down two liquid alternative mutual funds it launched last year.
Outlook on eurozone is somewhat upbeat, survey shows.
Strategies represent a cost-effective way to harnes quantitative insights and quickl, easily implement them in portfolios
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Hedge fund bulls go big on oil. What do they know, or think they know?
Fixed-income foundation pushed fund to the top of the large-value category.
