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MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 02, 2014
Pimco flagship Total Return Fund loses top Morningstar rating

Research firm cites "uncertainty regarding outflows" and shuffled management as the reasons for downgrading Pimco's flagship fund.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 02, 2014
No big price increases for Lincoln National annuities

CEO Dennis Glass lays out insurer's strategy for when interest rates rise.

By Darla Mercado
EQUITIES OCT 02, 2014
Leaning on stocks, not afraid to hold cash

Adviser Paul Schatz explains how he allocates his own portfolio.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 02, 2014
Medicare: The next frontier

As health care costs in retirement rise, many advisers and clients still haven't accounted for a major part of those expenses: Medicare.

By Mary Beth Franklin
EQUITIES OCT 01, 2014
Pimco Total Return takes big hit

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Gross leaves and the cash follows. Plus: A new robo-adviser enters the market; Schorsch at it again, with a twist; corporations are healthy, healthy, healthy; oil prices are falling; and Elon Musk's next move.

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME OCT 01, 2014
Total Return Fund records largest redemptions in its history on Gross exit

Firm says it can manage outflows successfully.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
EQUITIES OCT 01, 2014
Tiny long-short equity mutual fund delivers huge gains

By Bloomberg
FIXED INCOME SEP 30, 2014
Fed flirts with leaving taper on the table

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The end of QE? Not so fast. Plus: Gold gets the cold shoulder, most European banks pass stress tests, and why you shouldn't get too excited about stock buyback plans.

By Jeff Benjamin
MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 30, 2014
Schwab removes Pimco from target date funds

The decision comes on top of record outflows for the Pimco Total Return Fund, as Schwab cites &quot;ongoing organizational changes&quot; as a cause of action.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
EQUITIES SEP 30, 2014
Renaissance to launch international version of IPO ETF

Just a year after launching the Renaissance IPO ETF, the public-stock-offering research and data-tracking firm is coming out with an international IPO fund.

By Jeff Benjamin
EMERGING MARKETS SEP 30, 2014
IPO markets don't need Alibaba for best quarter since 2010

Companies raised $41.8 billion in three-month period ended Sept. 30.

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES SEP 30, 2014
The dangerous downside of the stronger dollar

Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu covers the U.S. dollar threatening to knock markets off balance, riding an ETF back into commodities, retirement plans turning on the Pimco Total Return Fund, and more.

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME SEP 30, 2014
Pimco's loss could be these fund companies' gain

BlackRock and Legg Mason are among the firms poised to pounce on Pimco's outflows now that the face of the firm has flown the coop.

By Liz Skinner
EQUITIES SEP 30, 2014
Alibaba IPO not high on advisers' to-do list

Some see potential opportunity but prefer to wait for the sizzle to cool.

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES SEP 29, 2014
Housing recovery on horizon, but too late for many baby boomers starting retirement

Median price of existing home sale up more than 5% in September but sales down from a year ago.

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 29, 2014
Firms challenged to create innovative retirement income products

Successfully addressing the post-accumulation phase and providing simplicity still difficult for the industry.

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 29, 2014
Finra charges SWS with improper supervision of VA transactions

SWS Financial Services charged with green-lighting variable annuity applications without proper review for suitability.

By Darla Mercado
Bill Gross and the dying breed of mutual fund superstars
MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 29, 2014
Bill Gross and the dying breed of mutual fund superstars

Once stars like Fidelity's Peter Lynch, Legg Mason's Bill Miller and Pimco's Bill Gross were deified by investors. But many of the most popular products are index funds and ETFs that have no managers at all.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 29, 2014
Gross bolting Pimco for Janus

Bill Gross is leaving Pimco, the company he co-founded, to manage fixed-income portfolios for Janus Capital Group and build out Janus' fixed-income business.

By Jeff Benjamin
MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 29, 2014
Gross gives Janus much-needed shot in the arm

Bill Gross gives Janus much-needed shot in the arm and brings instant credibility to firm that has been all but off the radar.

By Jeff Benjamin