New research finds the firm that Bill Gross built, then left, lost some favor with advisers over the last year. <i>(Don't miss the <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20150720/FREE/720009999/PH" target="_blank">Top 10 most trusted mutual fund companies</a>.)</i>
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> We all know a rate hike is coming, and ignoring it is not a plan &mdash; so the time is now to look at bond allocations.
The disparity is especially important now because the bond market's outlook is key in helping the Federal Reserve to decide just how much interest rates will need to rise from rock-bottom levels.
With Janet Yellen widely expected to hold policy steady at this week's meeting, Fed watchers looking to the central bank's statement on Wednesday for clues on liftoff.
As investors hunt for yield and security, money-market fund managers detail their changes.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Crashing commodity prices are real, and the result might be another delay to the Fed's rate hike.
Voya Financial Advisors has restricted sales of variable annuities for the second time in two months, as the brokerage firm faces increased pressure from regulators questioning the suitability of the products for retirement savers.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Package delivery company UPS has warned that the U.S. economy appears to be slowing. That's bad news for the Fed and stock investors.
Plus all the latest data on equity ETFs' second quarter performance
High-yield-bond research leads manager to companies whose stocks are primed to rise.
Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd C. Blankfein says markets are poised for prolonged growth and will quickly move on after a jolt from the Federal Reserve's first interest-rate increase since 2006.
<b>Breakfast with Benjamin:</b> Despite still-tepid economic growth and few signs of inflation, Janet Yellen and her colleagues at the Federal Reserve will lift rates in September for one major reason.
It isn't just global shocks that may support Treasuries &mdash; while jobs are back and business confidence is growing, wages remain stagnant.
The precious metal stays in trading range as Greece lives on the edge of default due to tepid inflation, muted demand for gold from China and a strong U.S. dollar.
Firm faces challenge convincing broker-dealers to sell a new type of investment product.
Advisers should resist the urge to shift their dividend-stock assets into bonds as interest rates rise and instead consider dividend swaps and futures, as well as option combinations.
How these funds fared in the second quarter of 2015
Company also has fund ready for weakness in the greenback, which will maximize holdings in exporters.
Sector funds give specialist managers an opportunity to shine during a long bull market.
Supreme Court rules that U.S. tax subsidies are legal for all health insurance exchanges, allowing for more long-term financial planning.
