<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> What bond investors can learn from Lebron James. Plus: Gold: It all depends on the Fed; commodities as a geopolitical hedge; investing in women; and golf stocks come up short.
In the world of financial market push-me-pull-you, there is nothing quite like the counterintuitive reality of market volatility, which is currently lower than it has been in years. Commonly dubbed the “fear index”, the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX) is languishing near its lowest point since 2007. If fear, as measured by volatility, is low, that's a good thing, right? Sort of.
Morningstar survey shows a quarter of advisers look to standard index benchmarks to evaluate 'liquid alts.'
On a major trading day, “passive” fund managers will be active traders as portfolios change.
Majority of investors are confident about picking products, others want help.
Buyers of junk bonds are retreating to the market's more obscure securities as the rise of exchange- traded funds fuels concern that such fast-moving cash is exacerbating price swings.
Deal part of custodian's integration initiative with tech product providers.
On the menu for today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, European economic growth falls short of economists' expectations, plus news on Citigroup, ETFs and much more.
Chief executive says leveraged ETFs could 'blow up' the industry, but some ETF fans disagree.
Proponents of the strategy tout its effectiveness in any rate environment.
Personalized financial advice should take cues from the robo-adviser trend/
