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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Smart money moving to the sidelines as earnings signal flashes red
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 09, 2015
Smart money moving to the sidelines as earnings signal flashes red

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Earnings signal flashing red, sending some investors to the sidelines, Gross sets a timeline, Bernanke wants the president to have more power, ETF investors hedge currencies and chase corporate bonds, and the first-year numbers behind Colorado's legal weed.

Yellen and the Fed not swaying advisers
INVESTING FIXED INCOME MAR 09, 2015
Yellen and the Fed not swaying advisers

Uncertainty about when the central bank will begin to raise interest rates has advisers sticking to their fixed-income guns.

Financial adviser sentenced to 51 months for ripping off elderly clients
NEWS RIAS MAR 09, 2015
Financial adviser sentenced to 51 months for ripping off elderly clients

Tuesday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> features an adviser sentenced to 51 months of jail time for stealing from elderly clients. Plus: Bill Gross doesn't see a rate hike till late in the year, the latest bet for oil, and a don't-miss webcast sets the stage for 2015.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 08, 2015
Green bonds climb as investors try to match their environmental goals

Issuance of green bonds hit $36.6 billion last year, more than six times the $6 billion issued in 2012

The smoke and mirrors of stock repurchase plans
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 06, 2015
The smoke and mirrors of stock repurchase plans

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: These plans are all the rage, but whether they provide any benefits to shareholders is a whole different issue.

Big banks are stressing over the Fed's stress tests
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 06, 2015
Big banks are stressing over the Fed's stress tests

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The bar will keep rising for banks as mixed stress test results come in for some of the world's largest banks.

Japanese stock funds reflecting long-awaited economic turnaround
INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS MAR 06, 2015
Japanese stock funds reflecting long-awaited economic turnaround

'Abe-enomics' joins quantitative easing with corporate patriotism

Did Merrill Lynch's latest high-profile recruiting coup break the bank?
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 06, 2015
Did Merrill Lynch's latest high-profile recruiting coup break the bank?

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> A record Merrill Lynch signing bonus might have pushed its monetary limit. Plus: Loving European stocks but hating the euro, taking a fresh look at gold, and protecting the nest egg from rising drug costs.

Hospital stocks ride a wave of potential insurance subsidies
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 04, 2015
Hospital stocks ride a wave of potential insurance subsidies

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Hospital-stock rally sparked by high court's Obamacare debate. Plus: The dollar continues to soar; how to follow the big money; and bailing out college debt is a bad investment.

NAPFA forces resignation of Bert Whitehead, vocal compensation committee member
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 04, 2015
NAPFA forces resignation of Bert Whitehead, vocal compensation committee member

The association asked veteran adviser Bert Whitehead to resign his post after he publicly aired his views on potential compensation conflicts of interest.