<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> LPL's Jeffrey Kleintop on how to spot a bear. Plus: Challenges of a bond bull, being a hedgie, Millennials hate stocks, roads into solar panels and Chicago's airport nightmare.
Surprising comments by Fed chief Janet Yellen on rate hikes gave bond markets a bad scare.
Tapering is too far away to drive yields up, repercussions from Detroit and Puerto Rico fade.
MSRB proposal modeled on Finra's for equity and fixed-income markets; "promote market competition and efficiency."
Insurer offers voluntary lump-sum payments to about 13,500 workers who have left the company and haven't yet started receiving pension payments.
Analyst forecasts share repurchase of $1.05 billion, debt paydown of $350 million.
What's for <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>? The Iraq crisis hits another asset but in a good way. Plus: Oil spikes to nine-month high, a looming student loan crisis, how Goldman cashed out early on Alibaba, and a tribute to dads.
The expansion of iShares Core brings down expense ratios but doesn't eliminate the need for solid due diligence.
Investors considering using ETFs that seek to magnify return of a given index need to understand the risks, says S&P Capital IQ's Todd Rosenbluth.
Popular products promise guaranteed 2% interest &ndash; beating returns for certificates of deposit
Even after 54% drop in VA sales over the last year, the carrier is optimistic about sales with new mix of products.
At annual meeting, CEO faces down analysts who say shareholders would gain more value if the big bank broke off Mellon.
A new report offers a look into the popularity behind indexed and structured product annuities
Newly listed American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust being snapped up by giant health care REIT Ventas in a stock and cash deal valued at $2.6 billion.
Broker-dealer using proceeds, in part, for pending acquisitions and possible new ones.
Firm to offer another way besides public listing for REIT sponsors to provide liquidity to investors.
Regulator wants clarity about Inland American's share value in recent buyback
The independent broker-dealer industry fattened up last year on the sale of nontraded real estate investment trusts. The question hanging over IBDs now is whether advisers are prudently reallocating the money of clients who are invested in nontraded REITs, particularly as the trusts continue to perform well and return capital to investors through listings or mergers.
