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How investors get yield wrong and how dangerous that can be
FIXED INCOME NOV 23, 2015
How investors get yield wrong and how dangerous that can be

Three principles that can help advisers manage yield responsibly for clients.

By Phill Rogerson
AR Capital to stop creating new nontraded REITs, close existing programs to new investors
ALTERNATIVES NOV 23, 2015
AR Capital to stop creating new nontraded REITs, close existing programs to new investors

In a major reversal, the powerhouse nontraded REIT sponsor built by Nicholas Schorsch is exiting the business of creating and selling new alternative investment products and will stop taking new investor money for existing programs.

By Bruce Kelly
Icahn, BlackRock's Fink battle over high-yield ETFs
ETFS NOV 23, 2015
Icahn, BlackRock's Fink battle over high-yield ETFs

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.

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES NOV 22, 2015
Investing in women a worthy strategy

How financial advisers can put this strategy into practice and begin to invest with a gender lens

By Kathleen McQuiggan
How ETFs can help mitigate the impact of market bubbles
EQUITIES NOV 20, 2015
How ETFs can help mitigate the impact of market bubbles

Emphasizing defense and true diversification in ETF choices can provide protection.

By James Norman
FIXED INCOME NOV 20, 2015
Bond ETFs can help clients navigate rising rates

Three ways advisers can utilize bond ETFs to ride out whatever waves the Fed's long-deferred action might kick up.

By Matthew Tucker
529 plans adding more conservative investment options
EQUITIES NOV 20, 2015
529 plans adding more conservative investment options

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.

By Liz Skinner
EQUITIES NOV 19, 2015
S&P's global financial literacy test is out

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> S&amp;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?

By Jeff Benjamin
BlackRock lowers fees on seven ETFs as it turns focus to price-conscious investors
ETFS NOV 19, 2015
BlackRock lowers fees on seven ETFs as it turns focus to price-conscious investors

Expense ratios on 'core' exchange-traded funds to drop to as low as 0.03%; new fund launched.

By Bloomberg
With SEC poised to expand crowdfunding rules, it's time for advisers to get up to speed
EQUITIES NOV 19, 2015
With SEC poised to expand crowdfunding rules, it's time for advisers to get up to speed

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.

By Jeff Benjamin
ETF scrutiny continues after chaos of Aug. 24 but little consensus emerging on solutions
ETFS NOV 18, 2015
ETF scrutiny continues after chaos of Aug. 24 but little consensus emerging on solutions

Stability of funds in volatile markets remains a concern for investors and regulators.

By Randy Diamond
Investors pause but look past Paris attacks, keeping eye on the Fed
EQUITIES NOV 18, 2015
Investors pause but look past Paris attacks, keeping eye on the Fed

Much to the surprise of some market watchers, investors &#8212; and thus, financial markets &#8212; Monday looked past the brutal terror attacks in Paris on Friday that left 129 people dead and hundreds injured.

By Jeff Benjamin
Sen. Warren blasts annuity sales incentives
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 18, 2015
Sen. Warren blasts annuity sales incentives

She claims agents are more interested in winning free vacations than finding the best investments for their clients.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
EQUITIES NOV 16, 2015
Gold goes on a safe-haven rally in the wake of Paris attacks

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Gold jumps, with futures up more than 1% even as riskier assets like stocks find reasons to rally.

By Jeff Benjamin
Financial markets brace for fallout from the Paris terror attacks
EQUITIES NOV 16, 2015
Financial markets brace for fallout from the Paris terror attacks

<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.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES NOV 16, 2015
Beyond Fed's (all but certain) rate hike

Markets are expected to experience some immediate, but short-term, volatility if the Federal Reserve decides to raise interest rates in December.

By Jeff Benjamin
Calpers makes another move away from pricey investments by trimming real estate exposure
ALTERNATIVES NOV 16, 2015
Calpers makes another move away from pricey investments by trimming real estate exposure

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Nation's largest public pension fund trims its real estate holdings with a $3B sale.

By Jeff Benjamin
ETFS NOV 16, 2015
China casts a pall over global markets in third quarter

By Tom Roseen and InvestmentNews Data
Fidelity, Schwab to halt AR Capital sales
RIA NEWS NOV 15, 2015
Fidelity, Schwab to halt AR Capital sales

Firms pull the plug after Massachusetts <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20151112/FREE/151119971/massachusetts-galvin-charges-realty-capital-securities-with-proxy&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">charges RCS Capital with fraudulently rounding up proxy votes</a> to support real estate deals sponsored by AR Capital.

By Bruce Kelly
EQUITIES NOV 15, 2015
December looking more likely for Fed rate hike

<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.

By Jeff Benjamin