With no futures market to speculate on chicken-price movements, short sellers have turned to the equity market, borrowing record amounts of shares of two poultry producers that they in turn sell in anticipation of declines.
X-trackers Harvest, Market Vectors ChinaAMC exchange-traded funds get surge of cash as stock pipeline opens.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> It's all about access at Goldman. Plus: U.S. soldiers sue banks for helping Iran finance attacks in Iraq, adjusting portfolios for a fourth-quarter ride, oil prices are expected to hang low till the next OPEC meeting, and a hats off to companies taking their hats off to veterans today.
Also on Monday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Janus rides the wave of a Bill Gross effect, bond managers talk their book, IN's deep-dive into bond fund assets shifts, some oil stocks are worth buying on the dips, and happy birthday to the United States Marine Corps.
S&P heads for a weekly gain as October's jobs report expected to add to signs of strength in the U.S. economy
S&P 500 expected to reach new record high as investors cheer business-friendly GOP.
Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> sees Pimco CEO Douglas Hodge downplay Bill Gross' exit, big-money players identifying a stock market entry point, JPMorgan's huge data breach, and more.
Stock-index futures were little changed, after the Standard & Poor's 500 Index posted a third weekly gain, as investors watched corporate results.
October jobless data become the focus amid solid earnings.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i>Shopping season bodes well for stocks. <i>Plus:</i> John Hancock pushes for liquid alts in retirement plans; being thankful for seasonal market timing; and learning to fly drones for fun and profit
Friday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Money flowing to technology but record highs mask weakness. Plus: Eaton Vance's big news; BofA's big loss; Home Depot's big data breach; and dreaming big, big, big.
Nuveen's Bob Doll says while the big GOP victory on Tuesday is not a game changer, energy, medical device, defense company stocks could win.
Facing outflows amid increasing trend toward passive management, firm says some fixed income managers can meaningfully add to returns
Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> on hedge funds owning $16 billion in Puerto Rican muni bond debt, the scary similarities between advisers and psychics, why deep-water drilling looks like a bargain, and more.
<I>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Quicker rate hike ahead? Plus: Top Republicans set agenda; greed, fear and fund flows; family offices riding growth of ultrawealthy; Schwab says its robo is no threat; and eating well after work.
Investors weighed prospects for economic growth and corporate earnings to help gauge the pace of the recovery.
Midweek <i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Republicans ready to rule. Plus: What investors might expect, advice from Jack Bogle, the hits keep coming for Nick Schosch and Pimco's bad October.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Who's spending what on the election, what worries Vanguard's CEO, oil is cratering and here are stocks to consider, and JPMorgan is not out of the woods.
On Monday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Fund managers in a bind. <i>Plus</i> more trouble for Nicholas Schorsch? And Republicans looking stronger going into Election Day, stocks to consider with a GOP-controlled Congress, it's time to think about taxes already.
On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu, Bill Gross' Pimco exit is changing the way we look at star fund managers, Japan's latest stimulus plan triggers a market rally, watching out for those mutual fund tax burdens, and more.