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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If you tread at all into the energy sector, tread lightly
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 19, 2015
If you tread at all into the energy sector, tread lightly

It has become the ultimate stock-pickers market

CEOs are passing the buck to the strength of the buck
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 17, 2015
CEOs are passing the buck to the strength of the buck

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: No longer blaming earnings shortfalls on the weather, CEOs are now passing the buck to the strong dollar.

BlackRock shrinks money market lineup, affecting $200B in assets
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 17, 2015
BlackRock shrinks money market lineup, affecting $200B in assets

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The firm is closing or consolidating 20 money market funds with $200 billion in assets.

Best bull market in history?
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 16, 2015
Best bull market in history?

Top strategist Bob Doll looks at first quarter for clues to continuing boom

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 15, 2015
Warren Buffett riding high in Omaha

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Berkshire Hathaway's 50th annual meeting with Warren Buffett at the helm is in the books. Here are all the juicy bits, plus how the giant company fared in the first quarter.

Bracing for the Greek exit
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 15, 2015
Bracing for the Greek exit

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Now might be a good time to start bracing for a Greek default, as the probability has never been as high.

Bill Gross says he will short the German bund, eventually
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 14, 2015
Bill Gross says he will short the German bund, eventually

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Bill Gross calls out the 10-year German bund, but you'll want to wait more than a year for the end of Europe's easing.

Japan bumps China off the mountain as top holder of U.S. debt
INVESTING FIXED INCOME APR 14, 2015
Japan bumps China off the mountain as top holder of U.S. debt

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Japan takes over as America's biggest creditor but China is right behind. Plus: More banks abandon student loan biz, Colorado's weed tax bummer, and where banking is still beyond at least 2 billion people.

Tread lightly into the energy sector
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 14, 2015
Tread lightly into the energy sector

It has become the ultimate stock-pickers market

TIAA-CREF money manager calls mid-value strategy a “poor man's hedge fund”
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 11, 2015
TIAA-CREF money manager calls mid-value strategy a “poor man's hedge fund”

Tom Kolefas shrugs off charges he's hugging the benchmark.