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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Former Edward Jones adviser faces jail time
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 15, 2015
Former Edward Jones adviser faces jail time

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: A former Edward Jones adviser is sentenced to five years in the slammer for bilking a disabled woman out of more than $100,000.

Gender-focused investment strategy skips over common sense
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 15, 2015
Gender-focused investment strategy skips over common sense

$1.4 billion TAMP seizes on an opportunity, but its strategy seems ill-conceived.

INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 14, 2015
Warren Buffett is having a bad year in the stock market

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Warren Buffett's top stock picks are not doing well this year. A temporary blip or has the Oracle of Omaha lost his touch?

Gold rises from the dead
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 14, 2015
Gold rises from the dead

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: A dead asset no longer, gold shines bright above its 200-day moving average for the first time in five months.

It's not too late to hitch a ride on the tech-sector consolidation wave
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 14, 2015
It's not too late to hitch a ride on the tech-sector consolidation wave

Record-setting Dell-EMC deal is just the beginning.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 13, 2015
Advisers using alternative investments still struggle with allocations

How much to allocate is both an unanswerable question in general and one that absolutely needs to be addressed for each client. </br><b><i>(More: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20151011/ALTS2015&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>IN's Spotlight on Alternative Investments special report</a>)</b></i>

Hillary Clinton's Tweet-induced biotech sell off has created buying opportunity
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 12, 2015
Hillary Clinton's Tweet-induced biotech sell off has created buying opportunity

Sector already feeling wrath of nervous investors, gets second look after presidential contender's comments spark big drop.

Fallout at Fortress Investment Group
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 11, 2015
Fallout at Fortress Investment Group

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Top hedge fund manager Michael Novogratz (pictured) hits the bricks, and the firm is closing its flagship macro hedge fund.

Banks take center stage in earnings season
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 11, 2015
Banks take center stage in earnings season

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: All eyes will be on banks this week and earnings season welcomes the reports from the financial sector.

Hillary Clinton's plan to prevent stock market crashes
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 08, 2015
Hillary Clinton's plan to prevent stock market crashes

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The Democratic candidate proposes new fees for taking investment risks, because taking investment risks aren't risky enough already, or something like that.