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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INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 15, 2014
2014's oddly logical bond market rally

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The bond market's oddly logical rally. Plus: Retail and professional investors get cautious, gold tops $1,300 an ounce, the income opportunities in deep-water drilling, and clarifying Thomas Piketty's attack on capitalism

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 13, 2014
The incredible shrinking hedge fund fees

Hedge fund fees have been trending downward for six years, but could they vanish completely? And what kind of impact could this have on the industry?

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 13, 2014
Corporate bonds might not be a good place right now

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Some big names, including Nouriel Roubini, are warning about a bubble in corporate bonds. Plus: Jeffrey Gundlach knows where the bond market bear is, insider trading on fantasy, should you drop health care coverage, cities not enjoying a housing recovery and about that West Antarctic glacier.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 13, 2014
As Ukraine gets hotter, fund winners and losers come into focus

Firm runs crash-test analysis to identify biggest losers &amp;mdash; and winners &amp;mdash; if the tension escalates. You might be surprised at the results.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 12, 2014
Don't worry about rising rates. Or do

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Why interest rates won't rise soon, from N.Y. Fed chief William Dudley. Plus: Why interest rates <i>will</i> rise soon, from another Fed governor, more reasons to expect a stock market correction, the end of the Tea 'party,' and what sets Warren Buffett's favorite bank apart.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 11, 2014
Treasury bonds are already reacting to China's proposed market reforms

Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: China moves hit T-bonds. Plus: Navigating a bond portfolio through rising rates, El-Erian says the market outlook is rocky, the price of meat is high and going higher, and math doesn't have to be so darn complicated.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 11, 2014
PE giant Carlyle Group is eyeing the retail investor market and liquid alts

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Private equity giant wants in on liquid alts. Plus: QE might have a fueled high-inflation cycle, the small-cap stock ride is ending, time to get some defense in that portfolio, and the poor outlook for the long-term unemployed

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 09, 2014
You thought the economy was picking up? Think again: Blinder

As Fed winds down quantitative easing, interest rate hikes will be the next whammy. But there is some good news in rising house prices.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 08, 2014
Rising stock market volatility is no “sell” signal

Strategists are still finding value in equities as the bull ages; more advisers warming to real assets.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 08, 2014
Advisers warming to real assets as stock market volatility picks up

Real estate, REITS and MLPs are increasingly on advisers' radar screen, but a new study finds allocations in just one of five portfolios. Jeff Benjamin explains.