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ALTERNATIVES MAY 08, 2014
Why invest in North American energy, and why now?

As 2014 opens, the North American energy revolution continues to help our economy and provide compelling investment opportunities across the energy value chain.

By Brian Kessens
EQUITIES MAY 08, 2014
Motif users can play portfolio manager and earn royalties

Startup brokerage planning new online platform for advisers.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
RIAS MAY 07, 2014
F-Squared pays $35 million to settle claims it misled investors

SEC says company overstated performance of its flagship ETF over a seven-year period, and it charged the former CEO for making false and misleading statements.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
EQUITIES MAY 07, 2014
Junk-bond investors are jumping ship

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> What's up with junk bond investors? Plus: Four sorry years of Dodd-Frank, ignore the Fed's warnings at your own risk, mathematical excuses for sluggish wage growth, and it's not too late for a mid-year portfolio checkup.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAY 07, 2014
Weak earnings and the dark cloud of Ukraine continue to weigh on European markets

Plus: Alibaba IPO is on track to break records, what U.S. investors will really get when buying Alibaba shares, Goldman offers a leg up to Steven Cohen, and MSNBC apologizes for poor taste on Cinco de Mayo

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAY 07, 2014
Robotics and automation: The next megatrend for investors?

Emerging sector has reached a tipping point, presenting many long-term investment opportunities.

By Frank Tobe
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 06, 2014
A case for private equity in DC plans

By addressing four major challenges, advisers can help plan clients gain access to higher returns.

By Michael Riak
EQUITIES MAY 06, 2014
Obama unleashes secret economic weapon on Russia

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu, the latest step the Obama administration is taking to push back against Russia, plus just how much support the Clintons have among Dow Jones Index companies, and much more.

By Jeff Benjamin
EMERGING MARKETS MAY 06, 2014
Advisers' business booming, but dark clouds looming

Firms lagging in long-term planning, standing out from the crowd and connecting with young investors.

By CODONNELL
EQUITIES MAY 05, 2014
Time for advisers to get smarter about smart beta strategies

Putting market-cap indexes in perspective.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAY 05, 2014
Stocks at risk of 11% drop. Starting now.

Stocks will fall 11% starting as soon as this week should some price patterns come true, according to Tom DeMark, the creator of indicators that show turning points in securities.

By Gregory Crawford
FIXED INCOME MAY 04, 2014
Economy will be stuck in a hole all year: Blinder

Government will be a drag on growth as Fed winds down quantitative easing.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAY 04, 2014
The markets are set to open with frayed nerves

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Investors' nerves are fraying and that's not a good thing. Plus: Spiking demand for U.S. Treasuries, dodging corporate taxes, the ABCs of liquid alts, risk-adjusted sector performance, and boning up on your Cinco De Mayo history.

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME MAY 04, 2014
Take charge with fixed-income strategies for a rising-rate environment

With rates trending downward since the 1980s, the potential rising interest rate environment represents a significant shift for financial advisers &amp;mdash; one that many of us have never experienced.

By Scott E. Couto
FIXED INCOME MAY 04, 2014
'New normal' growing old: Pimco

The era of sluggish growth characterized by Pacific Investment Management Co. chief Bill Gross as the &#8220;new normal&#8221; is ending, according to one of the firm's deputy CIOs. So what's happening?

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES MAY 04, 2014
Gross: Get to 'old normal' and you'll see growth

Appreciating assets will lead to respectable growth rates and a reduction in unemployment, Pimco chief said in monthly outlook.

By ntappan
ETFS MAY 03, 2014
Deutsche Bank launches China ETF

Deutsche Bank AG's asset management unit has started the first U.S.-based exchange traded fund that allows investors to buy Chinese stocks trading in both the domestic and foreign markets.

By Matt Ackermann
ETFS MAY 03, 2014
Ready or not, mutual funds, active ETFs set to take off

Transparency a minor issue, says RevenueShares' Vince Lowry

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAY 03, 2014
New ETF promises income even as rates rise

Exposure to variable-rate preferred stocks offers dividend income stream that moves with rates.

By CODONNELL
EQUITIES MAY 02, 2014
Yellen takes another stab at offering clarity on Fed policy without jarring the markets

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Can Janet Yellen and her Federal Reserve colleagues avoid roiling the markets? Plus: Visa and MasterCard tighten screws on Russian banks, bond ladders get snubbed by a fan of bond barbells, checking the math on alternative-investment performance, and the momentum-stock nosedive is real.

By Jeff Benjamin