September is the worst month for markets, historically. Here's what you should be thinking about.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Pimco finds itself in choppy waters without Bill Gross at the helm.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The swelling gap between public and private valuations is making REITs a sweet target.
Moves in and out of alts seem to be based on market volatility and fees rather than a long-term strategy.
With the recent wild market swings, it is not surprising people are talking about VIX exchange-traded products, which track derivatives on an index that goes up when there is fear in the market. But it can be risky.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Investment manager Joseph Zada could face 20 years in prison after being convicted for bilking ex-Detroit Red Wings star Sergei Fedorov (pictured) out of $43 million.
The current correction gives the bears the most ammunition to claim that a new bear market has started. But don't jump to conclusions just yet because history suggests otherwise.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The stock market is clearly shaky, but trying to time it is a fool's game.
The stock market roller-coaster ride showed some signs of relative calm Wednesday, but not all market watchers are ready to claim the worst is over.
In the face of a spike in market volatility, the two firms are doubling down on surprisingly bullish predictions that the S&P 500 will close out the year notably higher than where it started.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: CalSTRS, the country's second-largest pension fund, considers moving $20 billion out of traditional investments and into alternatives.
Researcher cites four examples of extreme market moves that failed to derail the recovery.
With the stock market's correction no longer a matter of if, some market watchers and financial advisers have taken to preaching a sense of calm as investors hunker down for a heretofore rare bout of volatility, not a bear market.
Big gains in Sears, St. Joe help $5.9 billion fund avoid heavy losses as stocks drop.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Nontraditional bond funds that sounded too good to be true are looking like a bust, so far.
Amid market volatility, more mutual funds are playing it safe, but should they be sitting on the sidelines?
A fund with a limited number of stocks might outperform in volatile markets
They're less expensive than their U.S. counterparts and can lower portfolio volatility.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: All the messy stock market turmoil of the past few weeks has created a sweet opportunity in the closed-end funds space.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> DoubleLine's Jeffrey Gundlach thinks that as painful as it's been over the past week, the markets still need a thorough housecleaning.
