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INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 10, 2013
Big banks feel the heat from religious investor groups

Friday's breakfast is served: Big banks feel the heat from religious investor groups; Deutsche Bank settles with Finra; the housing recovery's recovery and Jamie Dimon's wacky holiday card

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES DEC 10, 2013
Whistle-blower tries to shed light on private-equity transaction fees

Insider says buyout firms rake in dough for acting as brokers for takeover targets.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES DEC 05, 2013
Having the alternatives talk with clients

Advisers share their tips on how to broach the subject of new asset classes and strategies

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES DEC 04, 2013
BofA settles municipal derivatives-rigging claims

Deal is on top of $62.5 million the bank contributed to settlement fund.

INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 04, 2013
Look out below: T. Rowe Price warns of correction in the New Year

Today's Breakfast with Benjamin: T. Rowe Price warns of correction, Deutsche Bank bans chat rooms, the first-ever hedge fund ad debuts, big banks sweating over the looming Volcker rule, and EU Commission levies heavy fine for rate rigging.

INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 03, 2013
Getting into the market on the cheap

Today's Breakfast with Benjamin includes: Facing the reality of capital gains, Hilton IPO sheds light on hotel stocks, hedge funds go long-only, and the Brits outshop Americans.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES DEC 02, 2013
Fracking: Investment opportunity with plenty of risk

For investors and advisers interested in the fast-growing and sometimes misunderstood fracking space, extreme caution might be the most prudent move. Lax disclosure is one of the problems.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 30, 2013
Mountain of money in nontraded REITs continues to hold Wall Street's attention

Wall Street continues to intensify its loving gaze on the domain of independent broker-dealers and the alternative investments they're selling. This time, the Street's sights are on nontraded REITs.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 30, 2013
Nontraded-REIT managers have little skin in the game

Insiders of nontraded REITs typically own far fewer company shares than executives of publicly traded REITS, and that's beginning to influence how B-Ds sell, or don't, their shares. <i><a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20131114/FREE/111409999/PH&quot;>(<b>Plus</b>: Look inside the ownership of 11 big nontraded REITs)</a></i>

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 27, 2013
Bitcoin exchange hits pause button

A bitcoin exchange, citing banking and regulatory uncertainty, has suspended trading. But that's not the end of the story as the company sees a silver lining.

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 26, 2013
Markets brace for housing, consumer confidence data

Today's Breakfast with Benjamin: Markets brace for big economic data, insider selling at 30-year high, SEC tries to get tough, measuring Fed-speak, and how to behave at the company holiday party. Curated by <i>InvestmentNews</i>' senior columnist Jeff Benjamin

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 26, 2013
Goldman sees increased risk factors facing commodities

Plus: Emerging markets get dicey, butting heads with Buffett, hedging with ETFs, more Bitcoin buzz

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 26, 2013
Don't get burned by oil and gas: SEC

Investor alert warns that 'too good to be true' pitch probably is

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 22, 2013
Iran nuke accord is already moving markets

Plus: Fed taper could hit savers hard, new scrutiny on company stock in K plans, the stocks hedge funds love and Consumer Report's annual &quot;naughty and nice&quot; list. All in today's Breakfast with Benjamin.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 22, 2013
The Weekly Takeaway: The cons of alts seem to outweigh the pros

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 20, 2013
Will bitcoin bury the banks?

One tech guru says the value and promise of bitcoin can completely revolutionize the global economy and has the potential to bypass banks altogether.

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 20, 2013
Do your clients really need long-term care insurance?

What's <i>InvestmentNews</i> senior columnist Jeff Benjamin reading this morning? Whether your clients need long-term care insurance, hedge funds loading up on GM stock, Greenspan calls Bitcoin a bubble, JPMorgan confirms cardholders were hacked and Britain gets bullish. Breakfast with Benjamin is served.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 20, 2013
An alternative to alternatives

Ventura Wealth Management's strategy analyzes 40 different asset classes as part of an ongoing asset-rotation technique designed to emphasize the potential of the top five asset classes.

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 18, 2013
Buffett sitting pretty in hedge fund bet, but strategy leaves much to be desired

Recent history shows why and how diversification and active strategies not only work but are necessary.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 18, 2013
Schorsch's American Realty Capital trims offer price for related nontraded REIT

&quot;Challenging&quot; market environment leads to slightly lower price for ARC IV.