A correlation between the alternative rock of the '80s and '90s and alternative mutual funds.
iShares fund closures suggests ETFs have a long way to go before they achieve a place in retirement plans.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Biotechs riding high. Plus: Reading into the market's Halloween indicator, J.P. Morgan steps in another MBS mess, Ford looks like a preview of things to come for stocks, and investing like rich folks, even if you aren't rich yet.
Short-term pullback may have already come and gone while intermediate and long-term prospects remain sound.
Many value and dividend index funds make a big bet on tech giant's “smartwatch”
Pacific Investment Management Co.'s Bill Gross says insufficient credit creation, with economic growth of only about 2%, puts the U.S. expansion in jeopardy.
Investors starting to avoid companies that will suffer the most when the market stumbles.
The owners of Gemini Real Estate Advisors have dueling claims against each other.
Loomis Sayles bond fund manager says the firm is “as cautious as we've ever been”
The stock market ain't the party it used to be. It just blasted through one important psychological barrier, and another now looks tantalizingly close. Yet the mood among investors is dour and businesslike.
Uses Treasury strips for tax purposes, holds stocks inside his Roth IRA, which is also a good tax strategy.
Creative Financial Design's Theodore Feight shares his portfolio
Regulators are notorious for dragging their feet, and investors suffer when new rules take too long to be finalized.
Questions abound in early stages of potential rulemaking to boost oversight.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The stock market rally has not led to equity fund flows. What gives? Plus: Apple's big week; Hertz CEO resigns and the stock rallies; GE sells its appliance unit and the impact of Scotland's independence push.
In today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, bond experts weigh in on the state of the bond rally, hackers find nothing to steal from Obamacare site, the Fed goes after Libor and another reminder to diversify into alternatives.
Exchange-traded fund portfolio builder gets Wells notice from SEC.
Two top-ranked iShares Core exchange-traded funds are both cheap, but their holdings and exposure are quite different.
Billionaire Warren Buffett predicted Bank of America will become a profit powerhouse once it finally resolves legal battles that have sapped funds and distracted managers. Now we'll find out if he's right.
With so many funds out there, these four lessons are worth keeping in mind.
