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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INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 24, 2016
Gender diversity becomes an investment strategy

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> In the wake of the March launch of the SPDR SSGA Gender Diversity Index ETF (SHE), out rolls the Bloomberg Financial Services Gender Equity Index.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 23, 2016
ETF providers scramble to put Aug. 24 'flash crash' in rearview mirror

One-year anniversary shows lots of effort to calm nerves, rebuild investor trust.

Fees matter most when it comes to active management performance: Morningstar
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 22, 2016
Fees matter most when it comes to active management performance: Morningstar

Passive is leading now, but there is still hope for active management

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 22, 2016
DoubleLine's Jeffrey Gundlach favors gold, and little else

Plus: Jim Cramer's mad method, prime money funds shrink, and how to have fewer regrets when you retire

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 18, 2016
The markets are tilting toward Hillary Clinton for president

Plus: The logic behind negative bond yields, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank almost became one, and the odds are getting worse for Colin Kaepernick

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 18, 2016
Presidential candidates should focus on ETFs in 401(k) plans

Plus: Saving society through active management, hedge fund investors head for the hills, and eating healthier food that actually tastes like food

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 18, 2016
Catching a ride on the next oil-market rebound

Plus: The Fed goes after Goldman, shorting Deutsche Bank, and apps to make you more financially savvy

What's behind the gold price rally, and will it hold?
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 17, 2016
What's behind the gold price rally, and will it hold?

High demand, stock market valuations, stingy bond yields and unorthodox monetary policy may be stoking the rally, which seems to have legs.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS AUG 17, 2016
The SEC's case against Dawn J. Bennett

The adviser boycotted her enforcement hearing, but that may not stop the regulator from throwing her out of the securities industry.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 15, 2016
Davis Selected Advisers enters the ETF market

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Davis Selected Advisers wants to launch three actively managed ETFs.