<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The stock market is clearly shaky, but trying to time it is a fool's game.
The stock market roller-coaster ride showed some signs of relative calm Wednesday, but not all market watchers are ready to claim the worst is over.
Sudden volatility could create short-term buying opportunity for investors with a long-term outlook.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: CalSTRS, the country's second-largest pension fund, considers moving $20 billion out of traditional investments and into alternatives.
With the stock market's correction no longer a matter of if, some market watchers and financial advisers have taken to preaching a sense of calm as investors hunker down for a heretofore rare bout of volatility, not a bear market.
Amid market volatility, more mutual funds are playing it safe, but should they be sitting on the sidelines?
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Nontraditional bond funds that sounded too good to be true are looking like a bust, so far.
Amid market volatility, more mutual funds are playing it safe, but should they be sitting on the sidelines?
Financial advisers would be wise to bone up on the asset class because they'll be getting sales pitches.
A fund with a limited number of stocks might outperform in volatile markets
