Investors turn focus to first-quarter earnings

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> All eyes are on earnings. Plus: The SEC discovers high-frequency trading, momentum takes out passive investors, AAA credit ratings becoming extinct, new love for emerging markets, six solid stocks to watch this week, overwhelmed at the IRS, and Switzerland votes for the world's highest minimum wage.

APR 11, 2014

By Jeff Benjamin

In a week filled with important earnings reports and a nervous market, those earnings better not be weak. Minding the volatility index
We can all rest easy now, because the SEC is planning a sweeping campaign against high-frequency trading. All it took was a book by Michael Lewis to get this thing started. SEC to investors: We got this
It has not been easy lately for passive investors. When momentum stocks dive
AA credit ratings are becoming the norm for U.S. companies as downgrades mount. Only three companies still have AAA ratings
New love for emerging-markets ETFs. Investors pour $4.7 billion into the category in seven days. Speaking of Brazil
Six companies with great balance sheets that are reporting earnings this week. ABT, INTC, OMC, SLB, SNDK, URI
One upside of the IRS mess; the odds of being audited this year are lower than they have been in years. Smaller budgets, fewer agents, but at least the service is still lousy
Swiss unions ride the income-inequality wave and push for $25 minimum wage. Meanwhile, business owners beg higher-wage proponents to take an economics course. World's highest minimum wage

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Investors turn focus to first-quarter earnings

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