Former brokerage exec Joseph Sullivan has embarked on a radical new plan to restore faded fund firm Legg Mason to its former glory. So far, it's working.
Newfangled private placements called DSTs offer some improvements to TICs, many of which backfired during the financial crisis, but DSTs still carry high costs and are illiquid. Bruce Kelly has the story.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Time to sell stocks? Plus: All you need to know about the Fed's policy decision today, lessons from a Texas-size bankruptcy, lingering effects of the polar vortex, a social media darling trips up, and the latest on Rep. Dave Camp's tax reform plan.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Rate clarity from Janet Yellen and the Fed this week could chill volatility. Plus: Someone doesn't like small caps, <i>IN</i>'s big independent broker-dealer report is out, determining what airline to fly, a new cybersecurity warning and two popes are now saints.
Sputtering equity market, lackluster bond returns continue to drive investors.
New offering from hedge fund manager AQR seeks to exploit lag between news and market reaction
Mohamed El-Erian's departure from the world's biggest bond manager sparked media reports of tension with Bond King Bill Gross but in a new interview, the former co-CIO called Mr. Gross “a great investor.”
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> What stocks to buy if you're ready to buy stocks. Plus: A different investor reaction to a Netflix price hike; earnings coming fast and furious; when CEOs stop buying back their stock and don't forget Earth Day.
But analysts divided over longer-term prospects: Some see end of bull market while others see pause.
In one corner of the U.S. equity market, investor enthusiasm is exceeding the frenzy of the Internet bubble.
But there's plenty of resistance from plan sponsors
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The truth of the housing market is about to hit. Plus: A fresh batch of market data to start your week; the rich have gotten richer since the financial crisis; stocks are being called overpriced; and why working for a hedge fund is better than working at your company.
ETF assets have more than doubled every four years since 2000. Financial markets willing, global ETF assets could reach a best-case $3.1 trillion by yearend, up from 2013's $2.2 trillion. Those numbers have people like Deutsche Bank's Sebastian Mercado making interesting correlations.
'Plowhorse economy' ambled along despite some negative news; how much upside room is left?
With the bull market intact after “good flat” first quarter, changes are afoot, leading strategists to suggest looking broadly for investment opportunity in the second quarter. Jeff Benjamin explains.
Wall Street leaders including Lloyd Blankfein and James Gorman, who have courted business in Vladimir Putin's Russia, are facing a dilemma as tensions over Ukraine escalate.
Stocks, bonds and commodities rose together in February for the first time in seven months, reversing January's losses. The S&P 500 is at a new all-time high. So who's panicking now?
Coffee is up 80% this year. Lean hogs are up 28%. Corn is up 13%. Gold is up 12%. Most of these same commodities were down last year, and any of them could fall at the drop of a hat. How can an investor take advantage of these markets...and sleep at night?
Fed chief comments send yields surging; Bond King says 5-30 year maturities at risk.
Expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates leads to biggest selloff since '10
