Carl Icahn criticized asset management firms such as BlackRock for selling ETFs that give an illusion of liquidity for “extremely illiquid, and extremely overpriced” securities such as high yield bonds. But BlackRock CEO Larry Fink disputed the characterization.
How financial advisers can put this strategy into practice and begin to invest with a gender lens
Emphasizing defense and true diversification in ETF choices can provide protection.
Three ways advisers can utilize bond ETFs to ride out whatever waves the Fed's long-deferred action might kick up.
Hoping to stave off concern from college savers that 529 accounts are too vulnerable to stock market volatility and expected interest rate hikes, some plan managers are switching up investment choices.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> S&P Rating Services has released its global financial services literacy test, which uses four questions to test understanding of interest compounding, inflation, and risk diversification. How would you do?
Expense ratios on 'core' exchange-traded funds to drop to as low as 0.03%; new fund launched.
The SEC is scheduled to vote on a piece of the 2012 JOBS Act that will give retail investors access to private equity investing through crowdfunding platforms. That means challenges and opportunities lie ahead for advisers.
Stability of funds in volatile markets remains a concern for investors and regulators.
Much to the surprise of some market watchers, investors — and thus, financial markets — Monday looked past the brutal terror attacks in Paris on Friday that left 129 people dead and hundreds injured.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Gold jumps, with futures up more than 1% even as riskier assets like stocks find reasons to rally.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The financial markets are likely to be swept up in the immediate unrest following Friday's terror attacks in Paris.
Markets are expected to experience some immediate, but short-term, volatility if the Federal Reserve decides to raise interest rates in December.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Nation's largest public pension fund trims its real estate holdings with a $3B sale.
Firms pull the plug after Massachusetts <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20151112/FREE/151119971/massachusetts-galvin-charges-realty-capital-securities-with-proxy"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">charges RCS Capital with fraudulently rounding up proxy votes</a> to support real estate deals sponsored by AR Capital.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Ground Control to Major Yellen. Commencing countdown, engines on. The Fed's October meeting minutes stress a potential December liftoff for rates.
ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury (TBT) has attracted nearly $10 billion worth of inflows in its life but has only $2.8 billion to show for it today.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> After the big IRS data breach, few people probably trust the agency regarding data security. Nonetheless, it's offered a checklist of ways to avoid becoming a tax-scam victim.
Catalysts that drove the S&P 500's 12% summer tumble, from interest rate dread to a commodities rout and weak earnings, surfaced again. Strategists expect more downside.
