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MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 29, 2014
Successful alt strategies could give Pimco a needed boost

Ailing fund company boasts many of the most successful alts products in the mutual fund business, but is it enough as its core bond business suffers?

By Trevor Hunnicutt
FIXED INCOME JUL 29, 2014
Bond manager Kathleen Gaffney has her 'new' fund atop bond world with $1 billion

Protege of star manager Dan Fuss outperforms her former boss but her track record is short.

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES JUL 28, 2014
Treasury yields are poised for a run

Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> also features notes on geopolitical unrest hitting the markets, an IPO-heavy week, and Morgan Stanley junior bankers getting a 'living wage.'

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME JUL 27, 2014
Look at pay in assessing jobs report

By Jeffrey Rosenberg
EQUITIES JUL 25, 2014
Fed watchers see more tapering and little else from today's minutes

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Gearing up for Fed news. Plus: Putin's next move could be painful; Argentina teeters on the brink of default; another naysayer calls for a correction; the long view on a higher minimum wage; and a portfolio rebalance refresher.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES JUL 25, 2014
Giddy markets continue to look blissfully past mounting geopolitical unrest

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Looking past all the geopolitical risk. Plus: U.S. investors finally start diversifying overseas, what's not to like about a marijuana ETF, how the Millennial generation slept through the bull market run, and a tribute to a fund industry critic.

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME JUL 25, 2014
Pimco's Gross bets $200 million of cash on low interest rate

Bill Gross has wagered almost $200 million of his own money on a bet that interest rates will stay low.

By FGabriel
FIXED INCOME JUL 25, 2014
Bond anxiety in $1.6 trillion repo market as failures soar

In the relative calm that is the market for U.S. Treasuries, a sense of unease over a vital cog in the financial system's plumbing is beginning to rise.

By Matt Ackermann
FIXED INCOME JUL 25, 2014
Pimco Total Return still bleeding

&#8220;Bond King&#8221; Bill Gross says fund has turned a corner, but investors keep moving money out.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
EQUITIES JUL 25, 2014
Advisers embrace liquid alts to navigate Fed policy

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Advisers go liquid to navigate Yellen Fed policy. Plus: Global stocks are loving the Fed's latest non-move, energy stocks ride high on the unrest in Iraq, an IRS excuse that the IRS would never accept from you, and political correctness has the Washington Redskins surrounded.

By Jeff Benjamin
ETFS JUL 25, 2014
BlackRock adding cheap ETFs in retail race with Vanguard

BlackRock is ramping up its fight with Vanguard Group for U.S. retail investors by doubling the number of funds in its low-fee &#8220;core&#8221; series.

By Andrew Leigh
EQUITIES JUL 24, 2014
The Fed is now fretting about wage growth and surprise inflation

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Don't look now, but wage growth (for dishwashers, for example) is on the radar. Plus: The SEC's half fix for money funds, a golden cross for Goldman, judge blocks 'Wall Street Wolf's' sucker list, and big city life can be a drag.

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME JUL 24, 2014
Investors getting scared of junk bonds

High-yield bond funds suffer major withdrawals; Pimco ETF loses most money ever.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS JUL 24, 2014
Global markets feeling pressure from increased geopolitical risks

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu, global markets feel the pressure of an uptick in geopolitical risk, as oil prices move higher. Plus notes on where to go when volatility rises, and more.

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME JUL 24, 2014
The downsides of laddered bond portfolios

By Terry Hults
EQUITIES JUL 23, 2014
Barclays pushes back dark pool charges

On Friday's menu: Barclays hits back on dark pool charges. Plus: Seeing the markets through the eyes of regular investors, why young folks should embrace bear markets, discount retailers set to shine, another cheap swipe at mortgage interest deductions, and the SEC hasn't forgotten about those pesky high-speed traders.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES JUL 22, 2014
Investing lessons from Lebron James

<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.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES JUL 22, 2014
Global consumer confidence soars

Plus: Credit Suisse exits the commodities trading business, Allianz stands by Bill Gross, silver has a golden summer run, three taxes we can all dislike together, and don't let tourist scams rain on your vacation

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME JUL 22, 2014
Bond uncertainty lifts 'unconstrained' alts funds

Bond uncertainty lifts 'unconstrained' alts funds as Janus introduces second new offering in space this year

By Trevor Hunnicutt
FIXED INCOME JUL 22, 2014
The bear market in bonds has not been seen and here's why

In Jeffrey Gundlach's 'no normal' world, the aging U.S. population means Treasuries can't lose.

By Gregory Crawford