Making the case for alternatives is less about the absolute returns they can deliver, but their potential over full market cycles.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The price freefall is getting uglier, and OPEC isn't the only culprit. Don't overlook the U.S. impact.
Republican presidential contender Donald Trump could become a major cause of volatility in financial markets throughout the first half of 2016. His rhetoric favoring protectionist economic policies is bad news for investors.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The last two weeks of the year typically ushers in the Santa Claus rally in stocks but this year, there's a big obstacle in the way.
Investment landscape poised for significant change but stocks should beat bonds over the next six to 12 months.
Retail-oriented ETFs tend to underperform the market during the holiday shopping season. In the nine years since retail ETFs began to trade, investors would have been better off sticking with a boring old S&P 500-stock index fund.
The Dow's 1,100-point drop off the opening bell Monday cost investors untold amounts of money and suggests the market is still broken.
Will another strong jobs report make the Federal Reserve act too slowly to lift interest rates?
High payout rates and a concrete investment time horizon give longevity annuities a leg up on some investments.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: It's that time of year when mutual fund columnist Chuck Jaffe doles out his Lump of Coal awards to funds that failed investors.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Security guard/waiter/travel agent posing as a hedge fund manager has been convicted of stealing more than $800,000 from 17 investors.
December has been a bruising month for bond traders, with a $270 billion drop &mdash; and we've only just begun.
Fund names can be deceiving and when outflows hit, distributions are unavoidable.
This year's spike in equity market volatility creates fertile ground for the strategy. Plus, check out our <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20151129/TAXESTATE2015"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">special report on tax and estate planning</a>.
The same factors roiling markets and driving volatility in many asset classes are creating opportunities across the sector's spectrum.
EBRI takes close look at QLACs, which provide monthly benefits after a significant deferral period in retirement.
Legion M offers hope for a Hollywood-level debut.
There have been no initial public offerings so far in 2016.
Investors resumed redemptions from Bill Gross's Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund, taking out about $74 million in November.
Federal Reserve officials have signaled that an interest-rate increase is in play for their December meeting.
