Index will mainly act as a benchmark for the universe of six dozen individual BDCs until an investible version is created.
On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, brave bond fund managers are starting to gobble up the debt from beaten down energy companies. Plus: Home prices are being held down by oil, top 401(k) plan trends, and what the IPO market looks like for 2015.
At a time when U.S. stocks are beating the rest of the world, Sarah Ketterer mostly invests overseas. And at a time when index funds and exchange-traded funds are ascendant, she invests the old-fashioned way: She scouts for well-run companies and buys them when they look cheap.
Investors pull $105 billion, bringing assets to 2008 levels, but withdrawals slow in fourth quarter.
Just about everyone's bearish. But nearly every forecaster was caught off guard in 2014 as Treasuries posted the biggest returns since 2011 even as Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve ended the historic bond-buying program.
'The only thing that's working right now is the S&P'
'Upside outweighs downside,' according to RCAP analyst; debt downgrade result of resignations
The latest data on target date funds through the fourth quarter of 2014, including a look at how J.P. Morgan has thrived in the space.
Analysts, unanimously bullish, on average expecting another 166-point advance in the S&P 500 this year, according to Bloomberg.
'As goes January, so goes the year' sounds good but isn't very actionable.
Economists say that although prices will remain under control, the Federal Reserve will lift interest rates this year. The consensus is that a hike could come as early as June but perhaps be delayed until September.
Expect more due diligence on funds and fees, and expect to do it more frequently.
The author of 'A Random Walk Down Wall Street' talks about investing in today's world, the financial advice business and robos.
Regulator fines 10 banks for total of $43.5 million for promising positive analyst coverage after initial public offering.
Mr. Khuzami, who is now a partner at Kirkland & Ellis, has signed on as Mr. Kay's attorney in the defense of a complaint filed in December.
Will 2015 finally be the year when plan sponsors welcome these insurance products with open arms?
A blockbuster lawsuit alleging misconduct by Nicholas Schorsch is one of many issues confronting his vast real estate empire.
Opportunity knocks for patient investors, but 2015 gains won't be as sharp as this year's.
The SEC cracks down on financial firms, including Schwab, J.P. Morgan Securities, Lebenthal, Oppenheimer, TD Ameritrade, UBS and Wedbush for selling risky debt beneath the minimum allotment of $100,000 for a single transaction.
Dow up about 175% since March 2009, aided by Fed bond buying, better-than-forecast economic data and corporate earnings that beat analyst forecasts.
