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EQUITIES JUN 17, 2014
Slow and steady for economy, stocks and tapering: Nuveen's Doll

Bob Doll, Nuveen's chief equity strategist doesn't see big head winds for stocks or the economy this year, forecasting mid- to high-single-digit equity gains this year. What about tapering?

By Robert C. Doll
EQUITIES JUN 16, 2014
Pimco likely to pick Dan Ivascyn to succeed Gross

Deputy chief investment officer has inside track to succeed 'Bond King' as CIO

By Bloomberg
FINTECH JUN 16, 2014
Covestor announces 0% management fee on ETF portfolios

Passively managed portfolios of low-cost ETFs for 'core' portion of an investor's holdings.

By Joyce Hanson
ETFS JUN 16, 2014
Gundlach to manage active ETF from State Street

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical exchange-traded fund to compete with Bill Gross' Total Return ETF.

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES JUN 16, 2014
Why REITs are looking like the year's hottest market sector

Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> looks at what's propelling REITs into their position as the year's hottest market sector, plus emerging market stocks' record month, Japan's inflation woes, and much more.

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME JUN 16, 2014
What is up with the bond market?

The challenges of an intermediate-term bond bull, Part 2.

By Paul Schatz
FIXED INCOME JUN 16, 2014
The challenges of an intermediate-term bond bull

Money manager Paul Schatz wonders if there is something dark and dangerous lurking

By Paul Schatz
EQUITIES JUN 16, 2014
Time to sell stocks?

Amid the stock market's selloff, adviser Paul Schatz has been getting asked whether the bull is dead and a full-blown, multi-year correction is beginning.

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES JUN 15, 2014
Clintons jump through financial planning loopholes to dodge estate taxes they support

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Brokers pouncing on 401(k) biz. Plus: The Clintons dodge the estate taxes they support. The Fed wants to add exit fees to bond funds, U.S. banks on the edge of new funding rules, Congress mulls investor confidence on your dime, El-Erian sides with the IMF, and merger mania is alive and well.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 15, 2014
The big benefits decision

By MFXFeeder
EMERGING MARKETS JUN 15, 2014
Best- and worst-performing international equity mutual funds

By Andrew Leigh
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 15, 2014
Best- and worst-performing fixed-income mutual funds

By Andrew Leigh
ALTERNATIVES JUN 15, 2014
Best- and worst-performing alternatives mutual funds

By Andrew Leigh
EMERGING MARKETS JUN 15, 2014
Best- and worst-performing international fixed-income mutual funds

By Andrew Leigh
EQUITIES JUN 15, 2014
The $20 billion MainStay Marketfield fund's chicken or egg problem

Fund performance sagged as assets ballooned and performance sagged &amp;ndash; but the manager says his bad bets were the culprit.

By Jeff Benjamin
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 14, 2014
Do mutual fund managers have an incentive to perform?

Testing the assumption that mutual fund managers focus on gathering assets to boost their compensation rather than on generating excess returns.

By Gregg S. Fisher
EQUITIES JUN 13, 2014
BlackRock lists Ukraine among the biggest threats facing the markets

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> BlackRock calls Ukraine a market threat. Plus: JPMorgan gets a slap on the wrist from Finra, Yellen ponders fuzzy unemployment data, where the gold rally is headed from here, and the emergence of subprime business loans.

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES JUN 13, 2014
Is Nicholas Schorsch's RCS Capital the new LPL?

By Bruce Kelly
ALTERNATIVES JUN 13, 2014
With business booming, Schorsch's RCS Capital eyes further growth

Nick Schorsch's RCS Capital is building the second-largest independent broker-dealer network &amp;mdash; 9,000 registered reps and financial advisers &amp;mdash; through several acquisitions it announced last year.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 12, 2014
IRI to provide health care cost tool to members

Tool will enable IRI member firms to project how much retirees will spend on health care.

By Darla Mercado