Agreement creates a titan in ETF indexes and gives Russell fund business a new owner.
Friday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Calm before the stock market storm? Plus: Hedge fund investors inch toward the exits, the Fed sees low inflation while consumers live with higher prices, and Icahn goes after Family Dollar Stores with a vengeance
Small-cap laggards not a big concern as the sector takes a breather.
Plus: Deutsche Bank shows its hand with World Cup bets, Wall Street fines are a cash cow for the Treasury Dept., navigating Social Security before you retire, and eating at home gets pricey in a hurry.
Market volatility has forced strategic move from buy-and-hold to stock picking
Many advisers think mom-and-pop investors should warm to the bull market
About 75% of the world's dividends come from outside the U.S. but the search for dividend yield by advisers and investors is largely limited to U.S. companies. That needs to change.
Agency chief says greater transparency would promote price competition, improve market efficiency and facilitate best execution.
On the <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Inflation data could turn doves into hawks. Plus: Oil could get a lot pricier in a hurry, insider trading runs rampant and SIFMA cuts its economic outlook.
While there's no real evidence that ETFs pose a systemic risk, they can hold some pretty exotic stuff. Perhaps the unique dangers of some ETFs should be flagged more prominently. How about a movie-rating-style approach?
Why deflation is misunderstood, and differentiating between good and bad deflation is key.
At a Washington conference for fund managers, executives from the rival firms agree on what the investors of the future want.
Bears are pointing to overly bullish sentiment readings and anemic volume as reasons to be wary of the end of the bull market. But there's more to the story.
Market has already priced in geopolitical turmoil in Middle East.
Poll shows strong interest in IPOs among high-net-worth investors.
Shareholders of Nicholas Schorsch's American Realty Capital Properties turned thumbs down on the eye-popping pay plan for Mr. Schorsch and other top execs. <i>(Plus: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140602/FREE/140609999" target="_blank">Schorsch sells a health care REIT</a>)</i>
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Currencies feeling pressure from Iraq. Plus: Gold bugs still not convinced of the next big move, select energy stocks correlate with Iraq unrest, Americans are unable to save money in this economy, and the SEC zeros in on liquid alternative funds.
Idea of trying to break any exodus when rates rise illustrates how muddled Fed policy is.
