For investors and advisers interested in the fast-growing and sometimes misunderstood fracking space, extreme caution might be the most prudent move. Lax disclosure is one of the problems.
Did Janet Yellen affect global markets? Better believe it. Also, four U.S. banks get cut by Moody's, some big names load up on gold and yes, there's an ETF with a chunk of Twitter. From <i>InvestmentNews</i> senior columnist Jeff Benjamin, who adds a Turkey Day preview.
Plus: How-to for advisers going solo, global investors bail on Obama, deflating market bubble babble
Wall Street continues to intensify its loving gaze on the domain of independent broker-dealers and the alternative investments they're selling. This time, the Street's sights are on nontraded REITs.
Insiders of nontraded REITs typically own far fewer company shares than executives of publicly traded REITS, and that's beginning to influence how B-Ds sell, or don't, their shares. <i><a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20131114/FREE/111409999/PH">(<b>Plus</b>: Look inside the ownership of 11 big nontraded REITs)</a></i>
A bitcoin exchange, citing banking and regulatory uncertainty, has suspended trading. But that's not the end of the story as the company sees a silver lining.
Central bankers are trapped in QE nirvana, the pre-holiday data dump, giving thanks to clients, green dividend stocks, and how to properly carve a turkey.
Today's Breakfast with Benjamin: Markets brace for big economic data, insider selling at 30-year high, SEC tries to get tough, measuring Fed-speak, and how to behave at the company holiday party. Curated by <i>InvestmentNews</i>' senior columnist Jeff Benjamin
Plus: Emerging markets get dicey, butting heads with Buffett, hedging with ETFs, more Bitcoin buzz
Senior strategist still forecasting 1,900 on the S&P 500 by year-end, which would mean another 6.6% gain on top of the 25% recorded already this year.
Investor alert warns that 'too good to be true' pitch probably is
Pace of global offerings slows but holds steady in U.S.
Finra is said to be investigating a handful of broker-dealers that sold VAs with subacccounts invested in hedge funds. Clients who bought the products lost $18 million, says an attorney.
Heritage Capital's Paul Schatz is on board with the Fed's quantitative easing program and says now is a great time for investors to go active.
Jackson National Life Insurance Co.'s temporary halt on tax-free exchanges of variable annuities is in effect until Dec. 16 &mdash; but it turns out not everyone is subject to the suspension.
Van Eck Associates Corp. is moving ahead with an exchange-traded fund focused on Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories, the first of its kind, even amid the biggest losses for the island's securities since at least 1999.
Two industry heavyweights love equities, but hate Washington politics, Obamacare.
Some clients could come close to breaking even with the deal.
