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<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Even after its best quarterly performance in nearly 30 years, gold could still have some upside to go.
Top money manager finds two key elements that can help identify which funds are more likely to beat their benchmarks.
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<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Larger funds tend to be cheaper, more liquid and better constructed.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Liquid alts beating the hedge funds they're designed to mimic begs the question of why we even need hedge funds anymore?
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Investors assuming they will be able to continue working well beyond normal retirement age doesn't mesh with a frequent reality.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The Fed says the markets are too obsessed with too much information.
