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ALTERNATIVES MAY 25, 2015
As bond top looms, investors seek alternatives

Private core real estate, a staple of institutional investing, can fill the gap for income, return.

By Casey Frazier
EQUITIES MAY 24, 2015
Smaller economies offering bigger returns in the emerging markets sector

Investors are finding bonds with plumper yields, and stocks that beat the S&P 500

By Trevor Hunnicutt
The real reason the Federal Reserve isn't raising interest rates
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 22, 2015
The real reason the Federal Reserve isn't raising interest rates

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The real reason the Fed is sitting on its hands boils down to a lousy employment market.

By Jeff Benjamin
Financial markets can smell a rate hike coming
EQUITIES MAY 22, 2015
Financial markets can smell a rate hike coming

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Equity markets are abruptly adjusting to the notion that the Fed might finally get off the sidelines.

By Jeff Benjamin
Hold on to 30-year Treasuries or even add some more, portfolio manager says
FIXED INCOME MAY 22, 2015
Hold on to 30-year Treasuries or even add some more, portfolio manager says

Western Asset Management boosts holdings of longer-dated U.S. government bonds to levels not seen since the end of 2014.

By Bloomberg
Economic growth is fading fast in the so-called recovery
ALTERNATIVES MAY 22, 2015
Economic growth is fading fast in the so-called recovery

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The pace of the country's economic recovery is becoming more of a riddle than a reality.

By Jeff Benjamin
Exclusive: Jeffrey Gundlach warns advisers on 'unconstrained' bond funds
ALTERNATIVES MAY 22, 2015
Exclusive: Jeffrey Gundlach warns advisers on 'unconstrained' bond funds

DoubleLine Capital founder warns advisers that unconstrained managers are taking too much risk.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Tim Geithner spills the beans on how he navigated the financial crisis
EQUITIES MAY 21, 2015
Tim Geithner spills the beans on how he navigated the financial crisis

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner spills the beans on how he navigated the financial crisis.

By Jeff Benjamin
How portfolio diversification can help deliver more income to clients
EQUITIES MAY 21, 2015
How portfolio diversification can help deliver more income to clients

Customized trade-offs between volatility and income benefits can help clients meet a variety of investment goals.

By Thomas Hoops
Global bond market selloff is now described as 'violent'
EMERGING MARKETS MAY 20, 2015
Global bond market selloff is now described as 'violent'

Plus: Currency traders become the new yield producers, building a global portfolio, and what Yogi Berra might say about today's financial markets

By Jeff Benjamin
EMERGING MARKETS MAY 20, 2015
Puerto Rico investors sue UBS for $4.5 million

Claim says UBS mismanaged a trust to keep monies invested in closed-end bond funds.

By Mason Braswell
George Soros pitches a currency move to prevent a third world war
EQUITIES MAY 19, 2015
George Soros pitches a currency move to prevent a third world war

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The billionaire investor is calling on the United States to allow China's currency to join the International Monetary Fund's basket of currencies.

By Jeff Benjamin
Gold bulls celebrate the strongest run since January
EQUITIES MAY 19, 2015
Gold bulls celebrate the strongest run since January

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Gold enjoys its best performance since January as the dollar's run takes a breather.

By Jeff Benjamin
Bill Gross says 35-year bull market in stocks and bonds coming to an end
EQUITIES MAY 12, 2015
Bill Gross says 35-year bull market in stocks and bonds coming to an end

Janus money manager says attempt by global central banks to cure a debt crisis with more debt doesn't have much further to run.

By Bloomberg
Your clients might need some hand-holding for that first rate hike
EQUITIES MAY 10, 2015
Your clients might need some hand-holding for that first rate hike

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> There's no harm in helping investors better understand what it means for them when the Fed starts to tighten interest rates.

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME MAY 10, 2015
Alan Greenspan warns of another taper tantrum when the Fed lifts interest rates

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> What's going to happen to the markets when the Fed pulls the interest rate hike trigger? Alan Greenspan has an idea, and it's not pretty.

By Jeff Benjamin
Mountains of corporate cash drive stock buyback plans to a record high
EQUITIES MAY 08, 2015
Mountains of corporate cash drive stock buyback plans to a record high

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Stock buybacks hit an all-time high in April as companies continue to view repurchase plans as the best use of cash stockpiles.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAY 08, 2015
Fed Chief Janet Yellen warns on stock valuations

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The chairwoman of the Federal Reserve called equity valuations 'quite high,' bond yields low and said the combination raises 'potential dangers.' Her comments roiled markets.

By Jeff Benjamin
The bear market in bonds has arrived
FIXED INCOME MAY 06, 2015
The bear market in bonds has arrived

Joining Gross and Buffett, another top strategist says government bonds are too expensive. With or without the Fed, the march to higher rates has begun.

By Bloomberg
Advisers, investors reopen rate hike debate, send stocks higher after so-so jobs report
EQUITIES MAY 06, 2015
Advisers, investors reopen rate hike debate, send stocks higher after so-so jobs report

Strong market rally and mixed jobs report adds fresh fuel to the debate over when the Fed might institute the first rate hike since 2006. <i>(See also: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20150506/FREE/150509951/forget-a-rate-hike-ndash-peter-schiff-expects-more-quantitative&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Schiff: Forget rate hike, look for QE4</a>)</i>

By Jeff Benjamin