The Fed should raise rates, but it won't

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The Fed should raise rates but... Plus: Financial advisers turn to options investing; the French government calls it quits; the SEC goes after asset-backed bonds; another Obamacare surprise; and what is really the most important meal of the day

AUG 22, 2014

By Jeff Benjamin

When the Fed is likely to raise rates and when the Fed should raise rates are necessarily the same. Don't hold your breath for higher rates anytime soon
The thirst for diversification is driving more financial advisers to options investing. Three out of five advisers have used options in the past 12 months
French government shows the world how to lead, by resigning. A new government to be formed on Tuesday. That was easy
The SEC will vote on requiring sellers of asset-backed bonds to actually show the assets. Better late than never. Dodd-Frank to the rescue
Another Obamacare surprise. Those tax credits are likely to wipeout millions of individual tax refunds. Oops. More than a third of tax credit recipients will owe some money back
Corporate inversions have ground to a near halt since President Obama's July 24 assertion that such companies were 'corporate deserters.' When politics collides with the bottom line
It turns out, your mom was wrong. Breakfast is not the most important meal of the day. More activity offset by more calories consumed

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