<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The end of QE? Not so fast. Plus: Gold gets the cold shoulder, most European banks pass stress tests, and why you shouldn't get too excited about stock buyback plans.
Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu covers the U.S. dollar threatening to knock markets off balance, riding an ETF back into commodities, retirement plans turning on the Pimco Total Return Fund, and more.
BlackRock and Legg Mason are among the firms poised to pounce on Pimco's outflows now that the face of the firm has flown the coop.
Bill Gross gives Janus much-needed shot in the arm and brings instant credibility to firm that has been all but off the radar.
In an already rough year, exit of the Bond King could lead to more funds flowing out.
As new CIO, longtime Pimco manager will have to fill the shoes of an investing legend at a difficult time. <i>Plus:</i> <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140926/FREE/140929928/advisers-blindsided-by-gross-departure-as-pimco-faces-rebuilding" target="_blank">Advisers 'blindsided' by Gross departure as Pimco faces rebuilding</a>
Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> sees stock and real estate bubbles on a collision course, gold prices stuck in neutral, Bill Gross cutting Treasury bond exposure, and much more.
Move to Janus was a complete surprise to company, bosses in Germany.
Monday <i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i>Gross, Ivascyn to square off. Plus: The outlook for Pimco outflows is bad and worse, global markets keeping an eye on Hong Kong civil unrest, a warning about fixed indexed annuities, buying ahead of ex-dividend dates, and running the numbers on Roth IRAs
New three-person team at the world's largest bond fund says they can handle outflows and will rely on a similar strategy to the departed Bond King.
Global StocksPlus & Income Fund slips 9.2% to $22.80
A timeline of the tumultuous 2014 for Gross and Pimco
Regulator reportedly questions whether fund company artificially boosted returns in its big fixed-income ETF by relying on lofty valuations; smaller firms could be at risk.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The Fed now says consumers are saving too much. Plus: SEC reforms add risk to money market funds; considering a worst-case-scenario for economic growth; what Eric Cantor brings to Wall Street; and another case for long-short equity investing.
This edition of <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> covers Bill Gross getting beaten at his own game, the SEC's focus on liquid alt funds, Obama's attack on corporate inversions, and more.
Deputy CIO Ivascyn sees opportunity in “prolonged and significant dislocation” in bonds backed by assets issued before markets collapsed.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Remember housing stocks? You should. Plus: How Pimco stepped in it, academics take on high-frequency trading, the bad math behind climate-change regs, and men are better retirement savers than women.
Midweek <i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Yellen warned us. Plus: SEC probes Pimco ETF over asset pricing, America's 401(k)s are failing investors, and how Obama's attack on corporate inversions flunks basic math.
Vanguard has overtaken Pimco as the largest provider of taxable-bond mutual funds by assets, a title the West Coast firm has held for more than a decade. <i>(Don't miss: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20140818/FREE/818009999/PH" target="_blank">5 reasons to own bonds now</a>)</i>
Mispricing of risk in the bond market is alive and well, and investors must beware of duration risk above all.
