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Puerto Rico outlines plan to clear higher debt-restructuring hurdles
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 02, 2015
Puerto Rico outlines plan to clear higher debt-restructuring hurdles

BlackRock says commonwealth is facing a 'real solvency issue' as the risk of additional debt defaults increases.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 01, 2015
Go-anywhere bond funds have failed to go anywhere positive over the past year

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Nontraditional bond funds that sounded too good to be true are looking like a bust, so far.

By Jeff Benjamin
As volatility continues, more mutual funds go to cash
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 01, 2015
As volatility continues, more mutual funds go to cash

Amid market volatility, more mutual funds are playing it safe, but should they be sitting on the sidelines?

By Jeff Benjamin
Making bigger bets with smaller portfolios
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 31, 2015
Making bigger bets with smaller portfolios

A fund with a limited number of stocks might outperform in volatile markets

By Jeff Benjamin
Wild market volatility puts fresh focus on workings of ETFs
INVESTING ETFS AUG 28, 2015
Wild market volatility puts fresh focus on workings of ETFs

Intraday trading is makes exchange-traded funds special but can also make them dangerous, market players say.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Closed-end funds rise to the surface following the market mess
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 27, 2015
Closed-end funds rise to the surface following the market mess

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: All the messy stock market turmoil of the past few weeks has created a sweet opportunity in the closed-end funds space.

By Jeff Benjamin
Jeffrey Gundlach says the stock market pullback is just getting started
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 27, 2015
Jeffrey Gundlach says the stock market pullback is just getting started

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> DoubleLine's Jeffrey Gundlach thinks that as painful as it's been over the past week, the markets still need a thorough housecleaning.

By Jeff Benjamin
That awkward moment when the Fed realizes it can't raise interest rates
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 26, 2015
That awkward moment when the Fed realizes it can't raise interest rates

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: William Dudley, president of the New York Fed, says delaying a rate hike until 2016 'will be awkward.'

By Jeff Benjamin
In hindsight, China's market meltdown wasn't really that bad
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 26, 2015
In hindsight, China's market meltdown wasn't really that bad

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Now that the dust has started to settle, China's stock market meltdown doesn't seem all that awful.

By Jeff Benjamin
Exchange issue strikes Merrill Lynch, Vanguard ETF performance
INVESTING ETFS AUG 26, 2015
Exchange issue strikes Merrill Lynch, Vanguard ETF performance

Analysts say price discrepancies are a reminder for advisers to use best practices when trading funds.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Fear and greed swamp stocks as volatility spikes
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 25, 2015
Fear and greed swamp stocks as volatility spikes

Panic selling off the opening bell leads to investors buying the drop but more losses possible as all eyes focus on China's problems.

By Jeff Benjamin
Is the bull market making advisers and investors behave better?
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 24, 2015
Is the bull market making advisers and investors behave better?

Mutual fund investors get closer to capturing 100% of the returns of the funds they invest in, according to Morningstar.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Guggenheim adds real estate to its smart beta lineup
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 20, 2015
Guggenheim adds real estate to its smart beta lineup

First ETF to offer equal-weighted exposure to a REIT index.

By Jeff Benjamin
ETFs hit the big time as institutional investors' appetite for the funds grow
INVESTING ETFS AUG 19, 2015
ETFs hit the big time as institutional investors' appetite for the funds grow

Endowments, pensions, foundations like the funds' ability to quickly and easily gain access to indexes or commodities not easily investible.

By James Comtois
Private equity manager Blackstone breaks into mutual fund business with First Eagle buy
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 19, 2015
Private equity manager Blackstone breaks into mutual fund business with First Eagle buy

Fund company ranked in Top 10 most trusted fund firms in recent report.

By Bloomberg
Third time lucky for ETF entrepreneur with cybersecurity fund
INVESTING FINTECH AUG 18, 2015
Third time lucky for ETF entrepreneur with cybersecurity fund

Timing is key as fund, with the ticker symbol HACK, launched just before the Sony Pictures computer network was broken into.

By Bloomberg
Myths about the Investment Company Act on its 75th anniversary
INVESTING OPINION AUG 18, 2015
Myths about the Investment Company Act on its 75th anniversary

It's time to set straight misconceptions about the law that regulates mutual funds and other investment companies.

By Matthew P. Fink
Precidian goes back to SEC for approval of active ETF plan
INVESTING ETFS AUG 18, 2015
Precidian goes back to SEC for approval of active ETF plan

A proposal designed to put actively managed products on par with index funds in the ETF universe by allowing their holdings to be non-transparent is going back in front of securities regulators.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Bill Gross tweaks 'shorts of a lifetime' — causing Janus fund to rise
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 17, 2015
Bill Gross tweaks 'shorts of a lifetime' — causing Janus fund to rise

China's Shenzhen Composite Index, having more than doubled in 2015, began declining about a week after the legendary bond manager made a prediction that Chinese stocks were overheated and poised to fall, and it has since plunged about 27%.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 14, 2015
Forget gold, oil could be on its way back to $100

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The oil guru who predicted last year's rout said $100-a-barrel crude is likely to return within five years as faltering supply fails to meet demand.

By Jeff Benjamin