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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 29, 2015
Liquid alts' drawback: High cost

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Index based on social media sentiment gives new weight to tweets
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 28, 2015
Index based on social media sentiment gives new weight to tweets

Tapping into the fear and greed of the crowd.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 26, 2015
China ETFs plunge as investors fear regulators will curb markets

The largest U.S. exchange-traded funds tracking Chinese dropped sharply on concern the nation's equity markets will retreat after posting world-beating rallies as policy makers take measures to slow gains.

By Bloomberg
Vanguard finds another way to get its ETFs in your clients' hands
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 26, 2015
Vanguard finds another way to get its ETFs in your clients' hands

With new presence in the ETF strategist game, Vanguard wins Envestnet, Cambridge and more retirement-plan business.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 25, 2015
As bond top looms, investors seek alternatives

Private core real estate, a staple of institutional investing, can fill the gap for income, return.

By Casey Frazier
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 24, 2015
Smaller economies offering bigger returns in the emerging markets sector

Investors are finding bonds with plumper yields, and stocks that beat the S&P 500

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 24, 2015
When investing in emerging-markets economies, stock picking beats indexed exposure

Investing in specific companies is the best approach, but it entails more risk

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS MAY 24, 2015
Emerging-markets debt market offers more than yield

Fixed-income securities are increasingly diverse and their credit quality has improved markedly

By RicardoAdroguZandBrigittePosch
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 22, 2015
Americans are saving more these days and that's not necessarily a good thing: Fink

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> BlackRock CEO Laurence Fink says low rates are pushing more Americans to boost savings as their fear of retirement security increases, thanks to low rates.

By Jeff Benjamin
The real reason the Federal Reserve isn't raising interest rates
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 22, 2015
The real reason the Federal Reserve isn't raising interest rates

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The real reason the Fed is sitting on its hands boils down to a lousy employment market.

By Jeff Benjamin
Financial markets can smell a rate hike coming
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 22, 2015
Financial markets can smell a rate hike coming

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Equity markets are abruptly adjusting to the notion that the Fed might finally get off the sidelines.

By Jeff Benjamin
Hold on to 30-year Treasuries or even add some more, portfolio manager says
INVESTING FIXED INCOME MAY 22, 2015
Hold on to 30-year Treasuries or even add some more, portfolio manager says

Western Asset Management boosts holdings of longer-dated U.S. government bonds to levels not seen since the end of 2014.

By Bloomberg
Economic growth is fading fast in the so-called recovery
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 22, 2015
Economic growth is fading fast in the so-called recovery

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The pace of the country's economic recovery is becoming more of a riddle than a reality.

By Jeff Benjamin
Exclusive: Jeffrey Gundlach warns advisers on 'unconstrained' bond funds
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 22, 2015
Exclusive: Jeffrey Gundlach warns advisers on 'unconstrained' bond funds

DoubleLine Capital founder warns advisers that unconstrained managers are taking too much risk.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Asset manager sees gold in grass; starts PE pot fund
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 22, 2015
Asset manager sees gold in grass; starts PE pot fund

As various forms of legalized marijuana use spreads across the country, firm tests the limits with fund that will invest along the entire marijuana supply and distribution chain.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ETFS MAY 21, 2015
Last all-ETF target date fund closes

On May 27, Deutsche Asset &amp; Wealth Management liquidated the assets of its X-trackers target-date fund series consisting of five all-ETF funds.

By Robert Steyer
Morningstar doubles down on expense ratio disparity debate
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 21, 2015
Morningstar doubles down on expense ratio disparity debate

Fund tracker is at odds with SEC on how some fund report expenses.

By Jeff Benjamin
Inclusion in new Pimco funds is a coup for Vanguard
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 21, 2015
Inclusion in new Pimco funds is a coup for Vanguard

Bond giant's latest target date funds invest heavily in the low-cost firm's ETFs.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Tim Geithner spills the beans on how he navigated the financial crisis
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 21, 2015
Tim Geithner spills the beans on how he navigated the financial crisis

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner spills the beans on how he navigated the financial crisis.

By Jeff Benjamin
How portfolio diversification can help deliver more income to clients
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 21, 2015
How portfolio diversification can help deliver more income to clients

Customized trade-offs between volatility and income benefits can help clients meet a variety of investment goals.

By Thomas Hoops