Friday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> features: Bill Gross is selling bonds. Should you? Plus: Finra might go inside to replace Fienberg; the markets' muted reaction to Obama; pump and dump; more money flows to hedge funds; and Cantor's way of commemorating 9/11.
Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: What Scotland's 'no' vote might mean for the markets, Alibaba's IPO prices in record territory, the 'dumb money' is getting smarter, and gold continues to slide.
Calpers decision raises questions about high hedge fund fees, even as those funds are evolving
Nearly half of families spend more than $5,000 per year in caregiving expenses.
Fat commissions could be trimmed if states approve regulations affecting the sale of nontraded real estate investment trusts.
Major index provider armors up for adviser interest in 'ETF alchemy.'
Now executive chairman of European ETF firm, he calls the industry “rather stale”
Monday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Distinguishing financial planner from investment adviser. Plus: Gold looks tarnished, the Russell 2000 heads into 'death cross' territory, buying stocks in a buyback cycle, bank stocks in a rising-rate market, and another tax penalty, courtesy of Obamacare
If major institutions cannot justify hedge fund investing, where should advisers turn for alternative asset exposure?
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Equity markets are poised for day two of a rally thanks to the Fed's lack of news, plus gold takes a hit, and how independence could affect Scottish stocks.
New study focuses on the need to integrate health care and retirement planning.
Mark Goldberg of IPA praises regulator's action to extend clarity to investor statements.
Company provides SEC- and Finra-compliant paperless processing systems to financial services firms.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The Bond King levers up. Plus: There is nothing smooth about the Fed's next move, the first nail in hedge funds' coffin and more.
On this morning's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu, a guide to the Fed's upcoming comments, Calpers sends hedge funds out to pasture, getting on the stock-split bandwagon, and more.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Investors are waiting for Janet Yellen and the Fed to pull the trigger on rates. Plus: Buying Alibaba via ETFs; S&P and Nasdaq stocks start to separate; hedge funds ride the wave; and annuity product sales hitting double digits.
By year end, RCAP expects to consolidate business groups across 9 B-Ds.
Pension fund began restructuring real estate portfolio in 2010; has 11% target allocation for FY16.
The Federal Reserve decides to hold tight on interest rates, and advisers are reacting accordingly.
