Jeff Benjamin

Jeff Benjamin is a senior columnist who primarily writes about investments and practice management as they relate to the wealth management industry. In addition to news and opinion writing, Jeff also does regular video interviews and is the co-host of The InvestmentNews Podcast, a weekly show that takes listeners behind the scenes of our coverage. He joined InvestmentNews in 2000. Prior to InvestmentNews, Jeff’s career included working as an analyst at Cerulli Associates, and as a reporter for Dow Jones Newswires. Jeff is based in North Carolina and when he isn’t working, he can usually be found playing golf or fishing. Jeff is a former Marine and has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Central Michigan University.

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Why performance-chasing investors will love the new 5-year rolling averages
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 31, 2016
Why performance-chasing investors will love the new 5-year rolling averages

The flipside is the 3-year averages are getting worse.

Investopedia Anxiety Index a step ahead of the VIX?
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 31, 2016
Investopedia Anxiety Index a step ahead of the VIX?

The financial encyclopedia website has started measuring online searches as a way to forecast buying and selling in the markets.

INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 27, 2016
Fresh FBI investigation of Hillary Clinton sets the markets on edge

Plus: Bilked Madoff investors get some pay back, the economics of Halloween, and forecasting the election outcome based on costume sales

NEWS RIAS OCT 27, 2016
Janus in a double whammy as assets flee and revenue drops

Plus: How Clinton and Trump won't save Social Security, more scrutiny for sales charges, and taking the 5% challenge.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 26, 2016
Why the AT&T-Time Warner merger bodes ill for the market

Plus: The wealthy prepare for Clinton's tax hikes, bullish on financial and health-care stocks, and those expensive World Series tickets.

INVESTING ETFS OCT 25, 2016
Guggenheim bond shop outperforms by taking fearless advantage of Fed policy

Seven of the firm's eight taxable actively managed bond funds rank in the top 6% of their respective categories, beating the largest 50 fixed-income funds tracked by Morningstar.

INVESTING FIXED INCOME OCT 25, 2016
Fears of a Federal Reserve move fuel bond market selloff

Plus: Harvard's endowment falls back to Earth, don't hold your breath waiting for lower home prices, and taking a lesson from Benjamin Graham

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 25, 2016
Hillary Clinton-Donald Trump slugfest could permanently alter US politics: Horizon Investments' political strategist

Speaking during the opening of the Schwab Impact conference Monday, Greg Valliere of Horizon Investments says the Republican Party could break into two within months after the election.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 25, 2016
Investors want more government spending

Also, Wells Fargo's biggest non-performing asset is its board, Kansas clamps down on bad news, and the ruby slippers are saved.

Financial advisers miss the mark by measuring alternative investments against stock market
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 24, 2016
Financial advisers miss the mark by measuring alternative investments against stock market

It's no different than comparing stocks to bonds.