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Advisers are bracing for a September market storm
EQUITIES SEP 07, 2016
Advisers are bracing for a September market storm

The usual volatility could be enhanced by the Fed, geopolitics and the presidential election.

By Jeff Benjamin
Are junk bonds becoming the new equities?
EQUITIES SEP 06, 2016
Are junk bonds becoming the new equities?

Tempting yields might be just replacing one kind of risk with another.

By Jeff Benjamin
El-Erian says Fed risks instability, excess by keeping rates low
EQUITIES SEP 06, 2016
El-Erian says Fed risks instability, excess by keeping rates low

Federal Reserve officials need to consider the costs of keeping interest rates low, even as the U.S. economy is pressured by diminished worker productivity, according to Allianz's chief economic adviser.

By Bloomberg
Value strategies defy logic in push past growth stocks
EQUITIES SEP 01, 2016
Value strategies defy logic in push past growth stocks

Pinning the value rally on the Fed, hoping for the best.

By Jeff Benjamin
ETFS AUG 29, 2016
Bond bubble? CFAs say yes

But GDP forecasts say, "Not so fast."

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES AUG 26, 2016
Fed finds more reasons to keep sitting on its hands

Plus: You probably shouldn't curse in front on your clients, there's a limit to delaying retirement, and do we really need all these dollar bills?

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES AUG 26, 2016
Why Morgan Stanley and Goldman can't agree on interest rates

The divide has grown between Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley over the likelihood of higher U.S. interest rates this month.

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES AUG 26, 2016
Blaming the 401(k) for lack of retirement savings

Plus: U.S. oil production could derail oil rally, a cash management strategy ahead of October's rule change, and bond ladders still make sense

By Jeff Benjamin
The risky but necessary bet on dividends for income
EQUITIES AUG 26, 2016
The risky but necessary bet on dividends for income

Advisers should not forget overall portfolio construction objectives when chasing dividend yields.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES AUG 26, 2016
Morningstar demystifies 401(k) loans

Plus: DOJ move sends prison stocks to the hole, SEC wants cleaner earnings reports, and proof that faster food can be healthier food

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME AUG 26, 2016
The Fed might have to give money directly to consumers

Plus: Honoring SPY, you will be voting for bigger deficits, and broke millennials as a voting bloc

By Jeff Benjamin
SEC says 71 municipal borrowers lied about disclosure histories
FIXED INCOME AUG 25, 2016
SEC says 71 municipal borrowers lied about disclosure histories

Agency reaches settlements with issuers, doesn't access fines.

By Bloomberg
Money-market funds scramble ahead of SEC's floating NAV rule
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 24, 2016
Money-market funds scramble ahead of SEC's floating NAV rule

Fund companies, investors move to avoid new fees and restrictions

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 24, 2016
DOL fiduciary rule gets it half right on the municipal bond market

Shrinking the pool of muni sellers does not help investors

By Jeff Benjamin
The absurd fight over mutual fund reports you probably don't even read
EQUITIES AUG 23, 2016
The absurd fight over mutual fund reports you probably don't even read

Mutual funds argue an SEC proposal would save millions of trees, while paper companies say going digital would harm elderly investors.

By Bloomberg
Bernstein: Passive investing is worse for society than Marxism
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 22, 2016
Bernstein: Passive investing is worse for society than Marxism

The rise of passive asset management threatens to fundamentally undermine the entire system of capitalism, say analysts at research and brokerage firm Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.

By Bloomberg
Bond king Jeffrey Gundlach's DoubleLine smart beta stock fund bucks the outflow trend
EQUITIES AUG 22, 2016
Bond king Jeffrey Gundlach's DoubleLine smart beta stock fund bucks the outflow trend

The DoubleLine Shiller Enhanced CAPE fund had a net inflow of $117.07 million in July, its largest ever.

By John Waggoner
EQUITIES AUG 22, 2016
DoubleLine's Jeffrey Gundlach favors gold, and little else

Plus: Jim Cramer's mad method, prime money funds shrink, and how to have fewer regrets when you retire

By Jeff Benjamin
What's behind the gold price rally, and will it hold?
ALTERNATIVES AUG 17, 2016
What's behind the gold price rally, and will it hold?

High demand, stock market valuations, stingy bond yields and unorthodox monetary policy may be stoking the rally, which seems to have legs.

By Jeff Benjamin
All three stock indexes hit record highs in 1999 redux, minus the investor euphoria
EQUITIES AUG 15, 2016
All three stock indexes hit record highs in 1999 redux, minus the investor euphoria

Thanks to the Fed, outlook stays positive for stocks

By Jeff Benjamin