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More bad news for gold
Today's Breakfast with Benjamin: If rates rise, gold won't. Plus: Warren Buffett's $1B tease, a new twist on stock valuations, bitcoin marches on, another solar energy push and, what's good about hoping for a flat market.
Stockman’s Chicken Little prediction a turkey, critics say
Former White House budget director David Stockman has never been shy with his opinions. Now, he's predicting that the stock market rally, fueled solely by Fed policy, is about to crash and burn.
The 2014 contrarian investment tour, from rupees to copper
Risks of the strategy can be great the returns even greater.
Bill Gross quacks the whip on other rich folks
What you need to know to get your Friday morning off to the right start, from InvestmentNews senior correspondent Jeff Benjamin. Today: Bill Gross quacks the whip, look out for the next housing bubble and what's happening to the Euro?
At year end, markets more stable but uncertainty reigns
A top investment strategist seeks to answer questions on inflation, deflation, valuation and portfolio building.
Fed set to knock another $10B off its quantitative easing program
Breakfast with Benjamin: At Bernanke's final meeting, Fed poised to cut another $10B from its bond-buying program. Plus: CEOs struggle to manage expectations, income tax pain hits home, a tale of two homebuilder ETFs, and young folks aren't biting on the Obamacare sales pitch.
Dividend ETFs losing luster as rates rise
Breakfast (with Benjamin) is served: Dividend ETFs losing luster as rates rise; Bernanke's last stand; nontransparent active ETFs; Obamacare's drag on health care; useless jobless claims data; and global New Year's traditions.
Fed tapering could catch junk bond investors off guard
Plus: Looking for weakness in the Volcker rule, the case for stocks in 2014, the upside of market bubbles, and what the heck Elizabeth Warren is up to now?
Global markets riding high on the ‘Yellen effect’
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 InvestmentNews senior columnist Jeff Benjamin, who adds a Turkey Day preview.
Central bankers are trapped in QE nirvana
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.
Friday markets brace for three big reports
Three big reports to hit the market, plus: Bitcoin spikes as euro takes a dive, Bernanke's prezzie to Yellen and advisers' big headache. Curated by InvestmentNews senior columnist Jeff Benjamin.
Despite market reaction, Bernanke’s head fake is a bad sign
Continuing QE is both an economic and psychological drag
Pimco’s Gross adds Treasuries after TIPs bet misses
As investors were yanking $9.9 billion from his flagship fund last month, Bill Gross was adding Treasuries to make up for his wrong-way bet on inflation.
Advisers lean toward Yellen for Fed post over Summers
Advisers lean toward Janet Yellen to replace Ben Bernanke as Fed chief over Larry Summers. Here's why.
Fed officials intensify effort to curb surge in rates after Bernanke comment
After investors interpreted Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's recent comments as signaling a sooner-than-expected end to central bank bond buying, Fed officials have sought to alter that view and halt the surge in interest rates.
<b>The Takeaway:</b> Crashtastic!
Portfolio Stock and bond markets crash into the close. This is what the Fed means when it says…
Manager plots strategy for the onset of inflation
Years of quantitative easing will have an effect; many prices already rising.
The market freak-out: A Fed-inspired buying opportunity
Redundant comments from Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke trigger a silly selloff. Jeff Benjamin says to call the aftermath a Fed-inspired buying opportunity.
Looking for value in fixed income
IN webcast panel stress need for flexibility in allocations.
Joanna Bewick: Protecting against inflation
Interest rates are low now, but this Fidelity fund manager is guarding against what happens in the long run
