Breakfast with Benjamin: Securitization comes back and it's not all bad...Plus, how JPMorgan is positioned for rising rates, Deutsche Bank suspends currency traders, GM pays a dividend, and more minimum wage math.
The market's swoon to start 2016 offers a sobering reminder that unexpected roller-coaster rides remain as real a threat as they were in 2015.
One of the market's biggest bears says there's more bad news ahead.
After taking in $238 billion in 2015, it's time for the annual reading of the fund flow tea leaves
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: SEC backs away from part of its charges, moving Steve Cohen a step closer to again managing outside capital.
The recent sharp selloff in Chinese stocks on the back of a very positive economic policy package from Beijing seems irrational.
What looks scary could be a good opportunity to increase exposure in the Chinese economy
As investors rush to protect their portfolios in a tumultuous start to the year, odds are they will be using options on exchange-traded funds to do it.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> While it might be tempting to pit the Bond King's new Janus fund against the Pimco Total Return Fund, they are different animals.
That date still leaves some ETF fans shaking in their boots. The report tells us what happened, but not why or what to do to prevent future recurrences.
Plus: The Fed's rate hike isn't likely to be enough to derail corporate America's borrowing binge.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Why those claiming the junk bond market looks just like the start of the 2008 financial crisis are wrong.
Some highs and lows, swings and misses
Plus: You ain't seen lame until you've seen Congress next year, money manager M&A peaks, avoiding financial fraud, and how the rich get and stay rich
Bracing for the highs and lows of cannabis-industry stocks.
Plus: Most consumers are optimistic about improved household finances next year, embracing a contrarian investing strategy, and what the Dow was like in the beginning
MLPs move back into the spotlight for patient investors
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Morningstar's John Rekenthaler clarifies after recently referring to market-timers as “circus clowns minus the funny suits.”
Hedge-fund assets contracted by $95 billion to $2.87 trillion during third quarter amid a surge of fund closures.
