<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Despite beating 94% of its peers since Bill Gross left the company, Pimco's Total Return Fund still dropped $11.6 billion in January. Plus: Crude oil drives the markets, unbelievable unemployment data, and finding some investments buried beneath the winter snow.
Matching the index last year would have involved too much risk.
To the chagrin of some, a fast-growing industry comes to terms with active management.
Lifted advertising ban and pressure from liquid alts drive secretive managers into the open.
The wirehouse plans tools to explain the risks and benefits of hedge fund strategies to advisers whose allocations have been low.
Since the 2008 financial crisis, the notion that investors often behave irrationally has become axiomatic. What's more controversial is whether money managers can avoid making &mdash; or even exploit &mdash; the mistakes of the investing masses.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Maybe taxes aren't the reason U.S. companies are relocating overseas. Plus: Individuals are also leaving the country, cybersecurity spending spikes, and four good reasons to save more money.
Portfolio managers deliver strong performance with right central bank call, leading Morningstar to boost rating even as more investors pull assets.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Thousands of paintings by Pablo Picasso might be about to hit the market. Plus: Where to start to get a million bucks in your 401(k), never assume when it comes to retirement saving, and how Obama's budget targets big banks.
Strategy: Be greedy when other muni bond investors get fearful and don't worry when Treasury yields begin to pick up.
Meanwhile, ARC Healthcare goes liquid at $13.12 per share.
Nuveen's chief equity strategist says benefits of lower oil prices and strengthening economy will come to the rescue of equity markets.
Two giants remain in a tight race for buy-and-hold index investors' money as category total close to cracking the $2 trillion mark in a 'victory of vanilla' story.
Time for advisers with clients whose portfolios are near a peak in stocks to preach caution.
The industry group is reducing the cost of health care for small and large advisory firms, according to FSI’s Chris Paulitz
Assets in ETFs designed to lessen volatility climb 15% in the first five weeks of the year.
Finding precious few opportunities, some active portfolio managers are sitting on big piles of cash
'There's value to be found out there, but you have to look very carefully'
The ETF pioneer, whose lineup suffered the largest redemptions in history last month, aggressively cut prices on nearly a third of its funds. <i>(Don't miss the latest performance data and analysis on <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/section/featurelist/20150119/ETFQ42014" target="_blank">equity and fixed income ETFs</a>.)</i>
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i>Annuity sellers fighting for IRAs. <i>Plus:</i> What's good for consumer isn't for business; another perspective on how much size matters; adviser tech world rocked; and how to join the 1%
