She claims agents are more interested in winning free vacations than finding the best investments for their clients.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Gold jumps, with futures up more than 1% even as riskier assets like stocks find reasons to rally.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The financial markets are likely to be swept up in the immediate unrest following Friday's terror attacks in Paris.
Markets are expected to experience some immediate, but short-term, volatility if the Federal Reserve decides to raise interest rates in December.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Nation's largest public pension fund trims its real estate holdings with a $3B sale.
Firms pull the plug after Massachusetts <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20151112/FREE/151119971/massachusetts-galvin-charges-realty-capital-securities-with-proxy"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">charges RCS Capital with fraudulently rounding up proxy votes</a> to support real estate deals sponsored by AR Capital.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Ground Control to Major Yellen. Commencing countdown, engines on. The Fed's October meeting minutes stress a potential December liftoff for rates.
ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury (TBT) has attracted nearly $10 billion worth of inflows in its life but has only $2.8 billion to show for it today.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> After the big IRS data breach, few people probably trust the agency regarding data security. Nonetheless, it's offered a checklist of ways to avoid becoming a tax-scam victim.
Catalysts that drove the S&P 500's 12% summer tumble, from interest rate dread to a commodities rout and weak earnings, surfaced again. Strategists expect more downside.
If you have a short-term view on high yield, an exchange-traded fund might be right for you. But if you want long-term exposure, ETFs are a terrible choice.
The wide dispersion of glide paths and asset allocations makes evaluation much more complex. And yet, TDF choice is likely the biggest investment decision for a plan.
The retirement funds, the firm's second to market, seek to give investors 80% pre-retirement income replacement.
Hike could potentially drive up the value of the dollar to the point where it weakens the economy, fund manager says.
Depending on the client, now may be a time to add to the allocation to this investment class.
Citigroup's Bill Katz questions report that RCAP was shopping Cetera for "fire sale" price
Taxes levied on foreign stock dividends can be recouped, but it makes most sense for high-net-worth clients with multimillion-dollar positions.
Companies paid out a record $1 trillion last year; about 70% came from non-U.S. companies
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Even though it's designed and expected to be apolitical, the Federal Reserve is becoming a popular target of political attacks.
