<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Teaching economics to a presidential contender isn't easy. Unless the economic advisers agree with the preconceived views of the candidates, the relationship can be testy and useless.
The bold see any market pullback as a buying opportunity.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Jeffrey Gundlach has been bracing for trouble in Greece and Puerto Rico by loading up on Treasuries and Ginnie Maes.
The proliferation of digital platforms puts added emphasis on due diligence.
Any market pullback is seen as a buying opportunity.
It's a diverse category not correlated to traditional asset classes, but high fees and lack of liquidity equate to too much risk.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: China gets low marks for how it's trying to save its equity markets by preventing the sale of stocks.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The nation's biggest banks, like JPMorgan Chase, are lumping their broker-dealer units in with other 'non-essential' operations.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Which group is more nervous about the state of the markets? Advisers often misread their own tolerance for risk.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The market bears are getting bolder as they start to come out from a long hibernation, which doesn't really bode well for the bulls.
