<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Carl Icahn warns that stocks are on risky ground. Plus: Interest rates and volatility are raising red flags, one man's take on the Fed-fueled bubble, the SEC is watching for political-donation conflicts, gold gets no respect, and institutional money is chasing solar energy stocks.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Barclays: Following in the footsteps of Sallie Krawcheck. Plus: The volatility play: Cheap but risky, bond managers brace for higher rates, dancing around the issue of student loan debt, and a potato salad venture whets the tax man's appetite.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Buckling up for a rocky second half. Plus: Companies tweak bylaws to tamp down shareholder lawsuits, Morningstar settles software piracy case, JPMorgan embraces smart-beta investing, and buying beer stocks when it's hot outside.
On "60 Minutes," author Michael Lewis made a bland assertion: High-frequency traders, he said, working with U.S. stock exchanges and big banks, have rigged the markets in their own favor. The only surprising thing about Lewis's charge was that anyone could be even remotely surprised by it.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The (awesome) value of Twitter. Plus: J.D. Power's annual survey of advisers' job satisfaction, mid-year stock review, yes, ETF cost matters, bringing back volatility, and a car maker returns.
On Wednesday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: The Fed dons rose-colored glasses. Plus: Junk bond yields get scary low, commodity hedge funds fall out of favor, what you need to know about stock buyback ETFs, and the inequality mob is driving the rich to hoard cash
Agreement creates a titan in ETF indexes and gives Russell fund business a new owner.
While there's no real evidence that ETFs pose a systemic risk, they can hold some pretty exotic stuff. Perhaps the unique dangers of some ETFs should be flagged more prominently. How about a movie-rating-style approach?
Even as the technical barriers are eclipsed, doubts remain over cost and utility.
Passively managed portfolios of low-cost ETFs for 'core' portion of an investor's holdings.
SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical exchange-traded fund to compete with Bill Gross' Total Return ETF.
Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> looks at what's propelling REITs into their position as the year's hottest market sector, plus emerging market stocks' record month, Japan's inflation woes, and much more.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Bill Gross' controversial new strategy. Plus: BlackRock CEO Fink calls out leveraged ETFs, nobody can agree on the gold-price decline, dealing with lump-sum pension offers, a solar company that makes sense, and the various forms of a caffeine addict.
Surprising comments by Fed chief Janet Yellen on rate hikes gave bond markets a bad scare.
The expansion of iShares Core brings down expense ratios but doesn't eliminate the need for solid due diligence.
Investors considering using ETFs that seek to magnify return of a given index need to understand the risks, says S&P Capital IQ's Todd Rosenbluth.
The falloff in social media stocks is burning investors who piled into one of last year's most popular exchange-traded funds.
<i>Friday's menu:</i> Ukraine heats up and fund winners and losers come into focus. Plus: Fed-speak clarity: an oxymoron? Bank loan funds fall victim to Fed policy, Obamacare drags us back to the 1950s and banks square off with Big Labor in Vegas.
ETF investors say BlackRock keeps too much of the proceeds from securities-lending business.
SEC says company overstated performance of its flagship ETF over a seven-year period, and it charged the former CEO for making false and misleading statements.
