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EQUITIES JAN 30, 2014
Stockman's Chicken Little prediction a turkey, critics say

Former White House budget director David Stockman has never been shy with his opinions. Now, he's predicting that the stock market rally, fueled solely by Fed policy, is about to crash and burn.

By John Goff
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 29, 2014
Inside Pimco's power shift

In the wake of Mohammed El-Erian's departure from Pimco, <i>InvestmentNews'</i> editor Fred Gabriel sat down with senior columnist Jeff Benjamin to discuss what this shift of power may mean.

By Matt Ackermann
EQUITIES JAN 29, 2014
'Taper tantrums' aside, a strong 4th quarter for ETFs

By Tom Roseen
ETFS JAN 29, 2014
Pimco launches first actively managed covered-bond ETF

Pacific Investment Management Co. has joined with London-based exchange-traded products provider Source UK Services to offer the first actively managed ETF focused on covered bonds.

By Matt Ackermann
ETFS JAN 29, 2014
State Street teams with MFS to open its first active stock ETFs

State Street Corp., the second-biggest provider of exchange-traded funds, plans to introduce actively managed Systematic Core Equity, Growth Equity and Value Equity ETFs.

By Matt Ackermann
ALTERNATIVES JAN 28, 2014
Druckenmiller lawyer takes on hedge funds over unfair contracts

Stan Druckenmiller, one of the top-performing money managers of the past three decades, discovered a hard truth when he started investing in other hedge funds: Most don't treat their clients fairly, he said.

By Matt Ackermann
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 28, 2014
Why tapering can't be stopped

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Fed tapering, Apple's dismal results, an emerging markets opportunity, and why even the Winklevoss twins are distancing themselves from Bitcoin.

By Matt Ackermann
EQUITIES JAN 28, 2014
The 2014 contrarian investment tour, from rupees to copper

Risks of the strategy can be great the returns even greater.

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES JAN 28, 2014
Good news for stocks: Economic recovery taking hold

Despite worries over valuations &amp;mdash; and the potential for a correction &amp;mdash; the longer-term outlook for stocks is solid. As long as the global economic recovery continues to expand.

By Robert C. Doll
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 27, 2014
What's it all about? Alpha

By MFXFeeder
EQUITIES JAN 27, 2014
In seeking to stop departure, Gross told El-Erian 'hell no'

In seeking to stop Mohamed El-Erian from leaving Pimco, Bill Gross told him 'hell no.' It didn't work and now Pimco must revisit its succession plan as its struggle to move beyond bonds continues.

By Gregory Crawford
ALTERNATIVES JAN 27, 2014
Tapping into Twitter for more than a hot IPO

HedgeChatter to parse online financial chatter to drive investment ideas.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 27, 2014
Health care knowledge boosts your value

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 27, 2014
Paying more upfront

By Richard F. Stolz
EQUITIES JAN 25, 2014
Apple on the hotseat

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Apple's earnings will be a focus, but the big question for CEO Cook will be about Carl Icahn. Plus, the emerging markets rout isn't over, why it might be too early to buy the dip, Janet Yellen's Job One and who won big at Sunday night's Grammy Awards.

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES JAN 24, 2014
Stocks drop sharply amid emerging-markets rout

Weak earnings combine with currency volatility send investors to the exits

By Gregory Crawford
ETFS JAN 24, 2014
Deutsche Bank lowers fees on China A-shares ETF

Move comes a week after Market Vectors launched identical product

By Carl O'Donnell
FIXED INCOME JAN 24, 2014
Bond funds post record withdrawals in 2013

Bond mutual funds in the U.S. posted record investor redemptions of $80 billion in 2013 as investors fled fixed income in anticipation that interest rates will rise further.

By Matt Ackermann
EQUITIES JAN 23, 2014
Economic nuggets from the State of the Union

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Will Obama's 'myRA' work? Plus, finding the biggest divident payers, don't bail on stocks now, what you need to know <i>today</i> and enough, already, with the polar vortex.

By Gregory Crawford
FIXED INCOME JAN 23, 2014
Bill Gross' love affair with Brazil ending after 10 years as bond bets sour

Bill Gross' love affair with Brazil is ending after 10 years as his bond bets sour from a steep drop in the local currency. The bond king cut Brazil bond holdings in his Total Return Fund to below 4%.

By Gregory Crawford