Common assumptions that come with investment strategies don't always reflect reality.
Chief investment strategist says liquid investments are being challenged to offer competitive returns.
Strategists recommend a slow and steady move into the world's second-largest equity market.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Gary D. Cohn, president and COO of Goldman Sachs, believes the economy and markets are in no shape for higher rates.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The IMF is throwing a wrench into the Greek bailout works, setting off a political earthquake in Europe.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Teaching economics to a presidential contender isn't easy. Unless the economic advisers agree with the preconceived views of the candidates, the relationship can be testy and useless.
Closet indexing, market timing are among the risks in long-short equity: analysts.
Money manager says the market still has room to run, but admits allocating assets in today's environment is not easy.
Any market pullback is seen as a buying opportunity.
Sydney-based money manager says average dual-listed company trades at half its price off the mainland.
Investors stick with $22.6 billion fund as famed manager calls reason for negative returns temporary phenomenon.
As NYSE floor traders cooled their heels during the 3 1/2 hour halt, advisers worked the phones to reassure clients that stocks could be traded on other exchanges such as Nasdaq.
Advisers should communicate proactively with clients to ease their fears and solidify the bond.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The nation's biggest banks, like JPMorgan Chase, are lumping their broker-dealer units in with other 'non-essential' operations.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Which group is more nervous about the state of the markets? Advisers often misread their own tolerance for risk.
Data firms release only covers market orders, not limit orders, and as such there's not much room for price improvement anyway.
Not having access to the market has been protecting mutual-fund investors from fast declines.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The market bears are getting bolder as they start to come out from a long hibernation, which doesn't really bode well for the bulls.
The Global X FTSE Greece 20 ETF listed in the U.S. is just about the only way for investors to play the crisis. Be warned, however, it's volatile.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> An economist says Janet Yellen and the Fed are too chicken to raise rates, but at the same time the FOMC is trying to reassure markets that rate hikes will be slow and deliberate.
