Options prices indicate skepticism but Pimco says Federal Reserve's rate increase bar is 'fairly low.'
Safety and maintenance issues found at five hotels owned by American Realty Capital Hospitality Trust.
Landlords backed by private equity shop Blackstone and others avoid capital markets.
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%.
They trot out celebrity executives, hold conferences and make sweetened investment offers to bring in private wealth to private equity.
<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.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> For bond investors worried about what might happen when the Fed starts whittling down its $2.46 trillion of Treasuries, there's good news.
While alts have risen in popularity as a way to hedge Fed action, their usefulness is overstated, says strategist
Untested category suffers $4B in net outflows this year as it is about to be tested by higher rates.
As China sorts through a serious market plunge and economic contraction, overexposure can slice into gains
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Tampa-based fund manager to plead guilty to investment fraud in relation to $9M worth of Facebook stock he purchased then sold and was caught short when the stock price rebounded.
REM and other mortgage REIT ETFs are offering juicy yields but those yields are already getting squeezed as short-term interest rates rise in anticipation of a rate increase from the Federal Reserve.
The potential benefits &mdash; and pitfalls &mdash; of using alternatives to diversify a portfolio focused on capital preservation.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> China's stock market rout is being described as just the beginning, with some big moves still to come.
REIT sponsor controlled by Nicholas Schorsch has its first liquidity event of the year, selling shares of Global Net Lease Inc. on the New York Stock Exchange.
Advisers need to address environmental issues and how they will affect investments
While little has been spared in the energy-securities selloff &mdash; oil, junk bonds and even Chinese equities have been hit &mdash; smaller stocks have been the worst off.
Advisers say the presidential hopeful and real estate mogul's investments reveal a scattered approach to money management. <i>(See <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20150723/FREE/723009998/PH"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener">the top five fund companies holding Mr. Trump's money</a>.)</i>
Flows turn mixed but overall universe expected to grow by 5% this year to about $495 billion.
