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Facebook stock-fraud venture lands fund manager in hot water
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 10, 2015
Facebook stock-fraud venture lands fund manager in hot water

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Tampa-based fund manager to plead guilty to investment fraud in relation to $9M worth of Facebook stock he purchased then sold and was caught short when the stock price rebounded.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 10, 2015
State Farm hit with excessive fees suit over target date funds

Plaintiffs accuse firm of receiving almost half of the management fees while a sub-adviser did most of the work.

By Mason Braswell
How to manage fixed income in client portfolios
INVESTING FIXED INCOME AUG 10, 2015
How to manage fixed income in client portfolios

Rising interest rates? Greece? Today's markets present a volatile picture for fixed-income investors. Here's advice on how to navigate it all.

By Alan Hart
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 10, 2015
ETFs for yield-starved investors getting squeezed by rising short-term rates

REM and other mortgage REIT ETFs are offering juicy yields but those yields are already getting squeezed as short-term interest rates rise in anticipation of a rate increase from the Federal Reserve.

By Bloomberg
RIAS RIA NEWS AUG 09, 2015
American Funds making inroads with fee-based advisers

In its sales turnaround, third largest U.S. fund company relies on retention of existing advisers and lower-cost share classes.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
The Fed's rate-hike plan now sees an obstacle in the form of China
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 08, 2015
The Fed's rate-hike plan now sees an obstacle in the form of China

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: China could stand in the way, as their market struggles create a risk of tightening into a slowing global economy.

By Jeff Benjamin
When looking to preserve clients' capital, consider alternatives
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 08, 2015
When looking to preserve clients' capital, consider alternatives

The potential benefits &amp;mdash; and pitfalls &amp;mdash; of using alternatives to diversify a portfolio focused on capital preservation.

By Thomas Hoops
Retirement accounts are hitting new highs, which is good news for advisers
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 07, 2015
Retirement accounts are hitting new highs, which is good news for advisers

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Investors are really starting to sock money away for retirement, which is good news for advisers.

By Jeff Benjamin
Ex-JPMorgan banker partnered with his dad in a multi-year insider-trading ring
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 06, 2015
Ex-JPMorgan banker partnered with his dad in a multi-year insider-trading ring

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The banker was caught sharing insider information with his dad, who then used golf jargon to try and disguise the scheme.

By Jeff Benjamin
Michael Kitces' weekend reading for financial advisers
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 06, 2015
Michael Kitces' weekend reading for financial advisers

Pimco gets put on notice, the latest twist in the CFP Board-Camarda battle, and the rest of the week's must-reads for advisers

By mkitces
Stay calm and don't worry about the jobs report
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 06, 2015
Stay calm and don't worry about the jobs report

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: A modest change in employment data won't change the Fed's course.

By Jeff Benjamin
Pimco Total Return Fund suffered $2.5 billion drain from investors in July
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 06, 2015
Pimco Total Return Fund suffered $2.5 billion drain from investors in July

Withdrawals mark 27th-straight month of outflows but pace continues to slow.

By Bloomberg
Emerging markets equities investors already halfway through a lost decade
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 06, 2015
Emerging markets equities investors already halfway through a lost decade

Emerging stock markets have been flat over past six years &amp;mdash; risks are commodity rout, China slowing and higher U.S. rates.

By Bloomberg
China's stock market freefall has only just begun
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 06, 2015
China's stock market freefall has only just begun

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> China's stock market rout is being described as just the beginning, with some big moves still to come.

By Jeff Benjamin
Is it time to jump into energy stocks?
RIAS RIA NEWS AUG 06, 2015
Is it time to jump into energy stocks?

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: If 13 weeks of falling energy-stock prices has you looking for an entry point, hold your fire: The sector is still very pricey.

By Jeff Benjamin
China, Greece no worries for investors who send stocks to big July gain
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 06, 2015
China, Greece no worries for investors who send stocks to big July gain

Investors shrugged off worries about China and Greece to send the S&amp;P 500 index up 2% last month to its biggest monthly gain since February as most companies reported better-than-expected profits.

By Bloomberg
Playing the stock index reshuffle game can cost investors
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 06, 2015
Playing the stock index reshuffle game can cost investors

A trend toward an old strategy of gaming the market by investing in stocks just before they are added to popular indexes such as the S&amp;P 500 that, by definition, index funds must track has become popular again. And it can be costly to investors.

By Jeff Benjamin
Schorsch's American Realty Capital lists REIT on New York Stock Exchange
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 06, 2015
Schorsch's American Realty Capital lists REIT on New York Stock Exchange

REIT sponsor controlled by Nicholas Schorsch has its first liquidity event of the year, selling shares of Global Net Lease Inc. on the New York Stock Exchange.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 05, 2015
Climate change could impact client portfolios

Advisers need to address environmental issues and how they will affect investments

By Liz Skinner
Closed-end funds could help advisers solve the dilemma of where to invest when rates go up
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 05, 2015
Closed-end funds could help advisers solve the dilemma of where to invest when rates go up

Research finds that the overall level of closed-end fund discounts trumps interest rate changes.

By Eric Boughton