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INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 29, 2014
Schorsch REIT board member recommends 30% alts exposure for retirees

Bob Froehlich says the industry needs to catch up with the pressing demands of a yield-starved world.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 28, 2014
The recovery's winners

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Gen Xers enjoy wage gains but others don't. Plus: Bolstering bond returns; thinking about Fed policy; Charlie Munger's contributions to Buffett's success; a private equity manager opens up and remembering 9/11.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 28, 2014
Smart beta, by any other name, is still smart

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu, a look at how smart beta has grown in prominence despite criticism, the performance-killing fees of active management, another type of corporate inversion, and more.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 26, 2014
Values-based investing entices advisers as client demand grows

New survey finds 83% of financial professionals are interested in investing based on societal or environmental impact.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 26, 2014
Warren Buffett's tax fairness doublespeak

In today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, Warren Buffett's fails to put his money where his mouth is, Canada finds a sensible way to stop corporate inversions, the Fed pushes rate-hike rumors out to the end of next year, and more.

INVESTING RIAS AUG 22, 2014
The Fed should raise rates, but it won't

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The Fed should raise rates but... Plus: Financial advisers turn to options investing; the French government calls it quits; the SEC goes after asset-backed bonds; another Obamacare surprise; and what is really the most important meal of the day

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 22, 2014
Private credit markets offer investors double-digit returns

Seen as an alternative to bonds, one direct lending fund returned 12.7% last year

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 21, 2014
Are you prepared for the next bear market?

The bull hasn't finished running but the time is now for investors to get their minds around its impending end.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 21, 2014
Former Behringer Harvard apartment REIT seeking listing

For former fundraising powerhouse that fell on hard times after the real estate crash, a share listing could be &#8220;good event.&#8221;

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 19, 2014
The four flavors of multialternatives have widely differing tastes

As investors fork over assets, advisers need to learn to distinguish the sweet from the sour.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 19, 2014
Investors jump on the low-volatility bandwagon

For <i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Investors jump on the low-volatility bandwagon. Plus: A market fueled by bad news; B of A's big mortgage settlement' Countrywide exec finally heads to court; and how companies miss the mark with stock options.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 19, 2014
Greenback rallies ahead of the Fed minutes

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The dollar rallies ahead of Fed news. Plus: Stocks historically love the Fed's Jackson Hole meeting; Argentina's latest gambit; insurance companies create new asset management opportunities; and regretting not buying Google at the IPO.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 19, 2014
Rise of alternatives should give advisers night sweats

As alternative products proliferate, picking winners is more challenging than ever. <b><i>Plus: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140806/INFOGRAPHIC/140809956/alternatives-no-passing-fad&quot;>Infographic on why alts are no passing fad</a></b></i>

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 18, 2014
Finra tacks on more time to REIT pricing change

Gives SEC another month to act on proposal.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 18, 2014
Giant Inland REIT to spin off lodging portfolio into separate company

Spinoff is part of REIT's long-term strategy to split holdings into categories, including multi-tenant retail and student housing.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 17, 2014
Derivative basket options questioned

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 15, 2014
Barclays rains on the equity market parade

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Barclays warns on stocks. Plus: Gold finds some safe-haven love; how the Fed is off target; Argentina uses social media to attack creditors; Nasdaq's version of d&eacute;j&agrave; vu; and what people buy when money is no object.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 15, 2014
Fed watchers are spinning over Janet Yellen's mixed messages

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> brings you up to speed on reactions to Janet Yellen's mixed messages on the U.S. job market, gold's surge, and Russian mutual funds' fall.

INVESTING RIAS AUG 15, 2014
REITs, RIA regulation, retirement planning and risk grab advisers' attention

<i>InvestmentNews</i>' four must-read stories of the week cover this ecclectic set of 'R' subjects.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 15, 2014
Time is ripe for unconstrained bond funds

Advisers warned to do their homework, however, as funds can be complicated.