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How Fed policy is wrecking the bond market
EQUITIES JUN 09, 2015
How Fed policy is wrecking the bond market

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Welcome to the upside-down world of too much liquidity creating illiquidity.

By Jeff Benjamin
It's time for retirees to start bracing for higher interest rates
EQUITIES JUN 09, 2015
It's time for retirees to start bracing for higher interest rates

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Even if the Fed isn't sure when they'll occur, retirees should be bracing for rising interest rates.

By Jeff Benjamin
The next big worry is that the Fed already missed its chance to raise rates
EQUITIES JUN 08, 2015
The next big worry is that the Fed already missed its chance to raise rates

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: More Fed handwringing is coming, as concern that the Fed already missed its chance to raise rates persists.

By Jeff Benjamin
Apple's Tim Cook is the new bond king
FIXED INCOME JUN 08, 2015
Apple's Tim Cook is the new bond king

Apple Inc., led by CEO Tim Cook, and other tech giants have joined the ranks of the biggest buyers of corporate debt, a market traditionally dominated by the likes of Pimco, BlackRock and Vanguard.

By Bloomberg
The no-growth first quarter doesn't take a rate hike off the table
EQUITIES JUN 04, 2015
The no-growth first quarter doesn't take a rate hike off the table

Still blaming the weather and the strong dollar for the economy's sluggishness, advisers see Fed Chairwoman Yellen in a pickle.

By Jeff Benjamin
Bond ETFs' resiliency surprises many investors
ETFS JUN 03, 2015
Bond ETFs' resiliency surprises many investors

Despite curveballs from central banks catching the greater bond market off guard, bond ETFs enjoyed a positive Q1

By Jeff Tjornehoj
FIXED INCOME MAY 29, 2015
The other thing keeping bond investors awake at night

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> There is something else fixed income investors need to worry about, if a Fed rate hike weren't enough, and Wall Street is sounding the alarm.

By Jeff Benjamin
Inflation report boosts odds of September rate hike
EQUITIES MAY 29, 2015
Inflation report boosts odds of September rate hike

Rise in consumer prices gives the Fed another reason to act this year.

By Jeff Benjamin
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&amp;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