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EQUITIES FEB 26, 2016
The best strategy for this stock market is to own what hedge funds don't

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Turns out the key to navigating the current market environment is to do whatever hedge funds are not doing. It's that simple.

By Jeff Benjamin
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 24, 2016
Too much gold in your investment portfolio can reduce performance

When clients want to load up on gold, financial advisers need to stress that holding more than 5% of the precious metal can weigh down their portfolios.

By John Waggoner
EMERGING MARKETS FEB 24, 2016
Emerging market debt is starting to look like a sweet deal

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Franklin Templeton and BlackRock are each making the case for a move into emerging market debt.

By Jeff Benjamin
ETFs expose high-yield divide
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 24, 2016
ETFs expose high-yield divide

An odd thing happened on the way to last year's credit selloff: The market for risky debt broke into pieces, with some pieces becoming toxic and others remaining relatively in favor.

By Bloomberg
Keeping mutual fund cash in perspective
EQUITIES FEB 24, 2016
Keeping mutual fund cash in perspective

Most fund managers want to stay fully invested.

By Jeff Benjamin
How to handle return-hungry clients' portfolios during upticks in volatility
EQUITIES FEB 24, 2016
How to handle return-hungry clients' portfolios during upticks in volatility

Help keep clients invested for the long term, allaying real fears that their money &amp;mdash; and dreams &amp;mdash; may disappear.

By Thomas Hoops
Why Vanguard is about to engulf the financial planning industry
FINTECH FEB 24, 2016
Why Vanguard is about to engulf the financial planning industry

Steps advisers can take to avoid getting hurt by the fund giant's rise in the planning space.

By Joe Duran
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 23, 2016
Top fund managers can't catch a break

Some very well-known mutual fund managers are having years that they probably would rather forget.

By John Waggoner
Money manager's mea culpa cost him nearly $1 million
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 21, 2016
Money manager's mea culpa cost him nearly $1 million

Francis Chou returns fees to money-losing Opportunity Fund

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES FEB 21, 2016
Distinguishing tax efficiency from after-tax returns

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> When it comes to mutual funds, it's important to understand the difference between tax efficiency and after-tax returns.

By Jeff Benjamin
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 19, 2016
How the U.S. government inadvertently launched the ETF industry

But for all their charm, ETFs are an increasing concern to regulators

By Bloomberg
Why 2016 could be the year of multifactor ETFs
ETFS FEB 19, 2016
Why 2016 could be the year of multifactor ETFs

Advisers should assess multifactor ETF options with the due diligence they would apply to an active mutual fund manager.

By Jay Jacobs
ALTERNATIVES FEB 18, 2016
Tumultuous stock market puts spotlight on liquid alternative mutual funds

How are these funds performing? At first blush, not that badly

By John Waggoner
Putting ETF liquidity concerns in perspective
EQUITIES FEB 18, 2016
Putting ETF liquidity concerns in perspective

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The lessons that were learned from the August 24th flash crash.

By Jeff Benjamin
Some funds are just plain contrary
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 17, 2016
Some funds are just plain contrary

You may think you're a contrarian &amp;mdash; a fearless thinker who goes against the herd on the Street. But it's much harder being one than you might think. At least, that's the message from the few stock funds that carry the word &#8220;contrarian&#8221; in their names.

By John Waggoner
Bank stocks bounce hard
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 16, 2016
Bank stocks bounce hard

Financial stocks were the one of the hottest areas in late 2015, and most advisers believed the trend would carry well into the new year. So what went wrong this year?

By John Waggoner
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 11, 2016
World's best REIT hands Fortress 700% gain on Japan bets after tsunami

Fortress says infrastructure in Japan among bright spots of Abenomics

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES FEB 11, 2016
Madoff gives two thumbs down to the miniseries about his crimes

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Bernie Madoff is not happy with the way he was portrayed in the ABC miniseries about the Ponzi scheme he ran.

By Jeff Benjamin
U.S. stocks rise amid post-holiday catch-up
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 11, 2016
U.S. stocks rise amid post-holiday catch-up

U.S. stocks rose as trading resumed after a holiday, catching up with gains in global equities Monday while weakness in crude oil tempered an early advance.

By Bloomberg
U.S. stocks halt 5-day slide amid oil rally
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 10, 2016
U.S. stocks halt 5-day slide amid oil rally

U.S. stocks halted a five-day slide that dragged global equities into a bear market, as oil rebounded from a 12-year low and bank shares surged.

By Bloomberg