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Living with market volatility
Breakfast with Benjamin: The bull run is not over; neither is the spike in volatility. Plus: The upside of suddenly cheaper stocks, JPMorgan's big miss, mutual fund investors always get creamed, placing speed bumps in front of high-frequency traders and not having Kathleen Sebelius to kick around anymore.
When women-run retirement funds beat the boys
Breakfast with Benjamin: Women-run retirement funds have consistently higher returns than those run by men. Here's why. Plus: Four data points to watch this morning, dealing with a bankrupt hedge fund, how the FBI is watching high-frequency trading, and April Fool's Day around the web.
Markets brace for Sunday’s Crimea vote
Friday's menu: Already on edge, investors brace for Sunday's vote in Crimea. And will sanctions against Russia even work? Plus: riding the storm out by staying invested, going long in emerging markets and taking a fresh look at copper. Oh, btw, it's jellybean Friday.
Institutional investors moving more cash to diversified strategies
Friday's Breakfast with Benjamin featuring what big investors are doing with their cash. Plus: Bracing for an SEC exam, robo-adviser asset-gathering update, stocks to watch next week, and more ways to spend bitcoin.
What to expect from the Davos World Economic Forum
Today: What to expect from Davos ... but remember how Davos big-thinkers whiffed last year. Also: Time to worry about deflation again, hedge funds go for the gold, a Super Bowl market indicator, and Happy MLK Day.
Goldman calls stock market lofty by most measures
Today's Breakfast with Benjamin includes: Goldman's stock market call, a closer look at Fed policy, lawyers pick apart Volcker rule, retailers and cyber security, combining IRAs, and how not to ignore your client's wife.
Janet Yellen takes the helm (and the heat) at the Fed
Breakfast with Benjamin: Janet Yellen takes the helm (and the heat). Plus, data breach at Barclays, Pimco's guide to reducing volatility, investing when you're really scared, and investing when you're in love.
Big PE firms facing $1B settlement in collusion case
Plus: Asian markets are charging, hitting a year-end financial high note, how to use bond ETFs, Amex gets stung, and apps for getting fit. Check out Breakfast with Benjamin.
Prepping Janet Yellen for the hot seat
Plus: Elizabeth Warren vs. Wall Street, emerging markets see downside of credit boom, and the realities of alternative energy investments. All in Breakfast with Benjamin.
Regulators to study BlackRock, Fidelity for risk
Plus: Bitcoin is back with a vengeance, what's up with consumer discretionary stocks, how about BP and Tesla's surprising earnings miss. From InvestmentNews senior columnist Jeff Benjamin.
Gundlach to oversee $450M in annuities push
The manager of the top-performing DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund, is expanding to variable annuities by subadvising a fund modeled after his flagship for Prudential Plc's Jackson National Life Insurance.
Is the great correlation over?
Live from the IN Alternatives Investments Conference: Low rates, economic uncertainty and surprises have pushed asset classes in the same direction
Pimco’s El-Erian says Fed to end easing to prevent excessive risk taking
He says the Fed sees the economy healing and aims to prevent unintended consequences of its monetary policy.
Syria turmoil expected, advisers brace for volatility
As turmoil in Syria continues to escalate and the specter of U.S. military action remains, advisers are preparing for market volatility and jitters from their clients.
Ketchum suggests brokers falling short in discussing risk
Finra chief says fixed income, structured products demand straight talk to clients.
Koesterich on markets: Expect some madness in March
There is trouble overseas in the eurozone, and here at home, Congress is busy squabbling over the deficit.
Why all the fear about the stock market?
Portfolio manager says advisers ready for a wake-up call on new approach to risk.
Advisers feeling more secure about unsecured notes
With puny interest rates, structured notes gaining in popularity
Manage conflicts or the regulators will
Conflicts of interest are the single greatest obstacle to fulfilling fiduciary duty. A conflict of interest is a…
Buffett biographer: Don’t invest in ‘stuff’
Investors should look for companies focused on risk management and digital assets, while shorting “stuff” and services, according…
