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.
Money manager looks to better reach advisers by selling the fast-growing funds, leveraging newly acquired VelocityShares.
Head of the agency's Division of Investment Management will leave before the end of the month
Pattern of investors moving out of stocks could be set for balance of the year and into 2015.
Custodian considering jumping on bandwagon popular with RIAs as other platforms grow big.
ALTS will track an index maintained by Morningstar that includes allocations to seven different alternative investment strategies
Rulings on transparency, structure of active funds could expand market.
Deal adds $1.5 billion in AUM to N.Y. Life, including $950 million in multi-strategy exchange-traded fund.
Wading into a crowded ETF market, J.P. Morgan is set to launch 'strategic beta' fund on Tuesday. <i>Don't miss: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20131023/BLOG03/131029954" target="_blank">How smart beta ETFs turned closet indexing into a winner</a> and <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20130821/BLOG15/130829982" target="_blank">Smart beta is silly talk</a></i>.
Equity ETFs ranked by quarterly returns, inflows, outflows and more
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Fresh talk of extending QE is a sign that the markets just want more. Plus, gold shines bright among the carnage, learning to love leverage, and more.
The pros and cons of the Total Return Fund and Total Return ETF in the wake of Bill Gross' departure
One problem: Indexes used by most investors have big concentrations in countries that are not emerging anymore.
Here's a hint: They're short-term bond funds that can provide safe places to park money, and provide a little yield and return in place of holding cash
Money manager says new definition will help determine whether funds are delivering on their promises.
Fresh off of bringing on <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20141006/FREE/141009964/bill-gross-speaks-out-on-pimco-exit-vows-to-regain-crown-at-janus?issuedate=20141006&sid=GROSS" target="_blank">Bill Gross from Pimco</a>, the fund manager makes dramatic expansion in exchange-traded business.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Equity investors brace for insight from Janet Yellen and the Fed today. Plus: ETFs chase the freed-up Pimco assets, breaking down the bond market fears, Morgan Stanley says the auto industry's days are numbered, and Warren Buffett makes another safe bet.
While some financial professionals say Bill Gross' exit is the final straw, and others exited long ago — some are staying put.
Lack of liquidity in less-traded corners of the market is the big issue
