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Advisers hold steady on equities despite seeing more drops ahead
EQUITIES AUG 25, 2015
Advisers hold steady on equities despite seeing more drops ahead

<i>InvestmentNews</i> survey shows most financial professionals in &quot;wait and see&quot; mode, while some consider rebalancing. <i>(Don't miss: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20150824/FREE/150829959/investors-react-to-news-of-1000-point-fall&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Investors react to market's move</a>.)</i>

By Liz Skinner
Fear and greed swamp stocks as volatility spikes
EQUITIES AUG 25, 2015
Fear and greed swamp stocks as volatility spikes

Panic selling off the opening bell leads to investors buying the drop but more losses possible as all eyes focus on China's problems.

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME AUG 25, 2015
Make your short-term bond investment work smarter

Crossover approach includes taxable and tax-exempt bonds.

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES AUG 25, 2015
Computer glitch halts trading on the New York Stock Exchange

Investors forced to steer orders away from the Big Board; other venues operating as normal, picking up the runoff.

By Bloomberg
Japan market opportunity: Hidden in plain sight
EMERGING MARKETS AUG 24, 2015
Japan market opportunity: Hidden in plain sight

Many American investors are still underinvested in Japan despite the fact that stocks there have the best valuations and fastest earnings growth of any developed market in the world. Here's why.

By John L. Creswell
Investors react to news of 1,000-point fall
EQUITIES AUG 24, 2015
Investors react to news of 1,000-point fall

Clients likely felt the pang of crashes past during the early Dow drop this week, but, believe it or not, they are continuing to watch for opportunities.

By Liz Skinner
Stock sell-off continues but cool-headed advisers keep clients focused on the long term
EQUITIES AUG 24, 2015
Stock sell-off continues but cool-headed advisers keep clients focused on the long term

As investors continued to flee the stock market Friday, cool-headed advisers kept their clients focused on the long term by pointing out that the week-long pullback, as sharp as it has been, comes in the wake of a seven-year bull market run.

By Jeff Benjamin
Is the bull market making advisers and investors behave better?
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 24, 2015
Is the bull market making advisers and investors behave better?

Mutual fund investors get closer to capturing 100% of the returns of the funds they invest in, according to Morningstar.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
At least one timing signal is already saying it is time to sell stocks
EQUITIES AUG 22, 2015
At least one timing signal is already saying it is time to sell stocks

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> One troubling result of Thursday's big stock drop, in which the Dow industrials lost 358 points, or just over 2%, is that the market's oldest timing signal flashed a sell signal.

By Jeff Benjamin
Stock market rout overdone, some strategists say
EQUITIES AUG 21, 2015
Stock market rout overdone, some strategists say

Some market strategists say the sell-off in stocks this week that wiped out the year's gains has been overblown and that the S&amp;P 500 could still rally 12% by year's end.

By Bloomberg
Fight those Fed fears and stick with dividend investment
EQUITIES AUG 21, 2015
Fight those Fed fears and stick with dividend investment

Dividend rally is slowing, but still alive and well.

By Jeff Benjamin
The trend is no longer investors' friend
EQUITIES AUG 21, 2015
The trend is no longer investors' friend

The momentum trade that has worked extremely well so far in 2015 is reaching a turnaround point, Citigroup analysts warn.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 21, 2015
MetLife launches first longevity annuity for individual clients' retirement accounts

Latest product comes as qualified longevity annuity contracts look for a place in retirement accounts.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
SEC warns brokerages to monitor risky products better
ALTERNATIVES AUG 20, 2015
SEC warns brokerages to monitor risky products better

Agency finds a significant number of inappropriate sales.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Guggenheim adds real estate to its smart beta lineup
ALTERNATIVES AUG 20, 2015
Guggenheim adds real estate to its smart beta lineup

First ETF to offer equal-weighted exposure to a REIT index.

By Jeff Benjamin
ETFs hit the big time as institutional investors' appetite for the funds grow
ETFS AUG 19, 2015
ETFs hit the big time as institutional investors' appetite for the funds grow

Endowments, pensions, foundations like the funds' ability to quickly and easily gain access to indexes or commodities not easily investible.

By James Comtois
Investors trimming bets on September interest rate hike
ALTERNATIVES AUG 19, 2015
Investors trimming bets on September interest rate hike

Options prices indicate skepticism but Pimco says Federal Reserve's rate increase bar is 'fairly low.'

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES AUG 19, 2015
The Fed's quantitative easing experiment gets a failing grade

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> A Fed official put some of the central bank's post-financial crisis actions under a magnifying glass and found they have done little to boost the economy.

By Jeff Benjamin
Delaying Social Security may boost Medicare costs
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 19, 2015
Delaying Social Security may boost Medicare costs

Clients who elected to file and suspend their Social Security benefits will be hit with a big Medicare Part B increase next year but don't panic. Delaying is still a good strategy.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Here's why clients are stressing over their fixed-income holdings
FIXED INCOME AUG 19, 2015
Here's why clients are stressing over their fixed-income holdings

Four big behavioral factors that are at play in investors' concerns about rising interest rates.

By Mike West