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 APR 24, 2014
What stocks to buy, if you want to buy stocks

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> What stocks to buy if you're ready to buy stocks. Plus: A different investor reaction to a Netflix price hike; earnings coming fast and furious; when CEOs stop buying back their stock and don't forget Earth Day.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 22, 2014
No longer able to blame winter weather, economists see real weakness in housing

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The truth of the housing market is about to hit. Plus: A fresh batch of market data to start your week; the rich have gotten richer since the financial crisis; stocks are being called overpriced; and why working for a hedge fund is better than working at your company.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 22, 2014
Bull market intact after “good flat” first quarter, but changes afoot

With the bull market intact after &#8220;good flat&#8221; first quarter, changes are afoot, leading strategists to suggest looking broadly for investment opportunity in the second quarter. Jeff Benjamin explains.

Adding Concordia, Mariner buoys alternatives biz
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 21, 2014
Adding Concordia, Mariner buoys alternatives biz

Concordia CEO Basil Williams to become deputy chief investment officer of combined firm.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 17, 2014
Consumers left in the loan lurch as big banks still hold off

<i>Friday's menu:</i> Consumers still left in the loan lurch. Plus: Which manager just jumped into the liquid alts pool? Some stocks for a rising-rate cycle; commodities are hot again; European banks ride the wave; and Merrill trims its housing outlook.

NEWS RIAS APR 16, 2014
Using digital potholes to slow the pace of high-frequency traders

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Fighting technology with technology. Plus: Know your ETF or don't invest, how not to advise clients, a pyramid to financial success, biotech on the rebound, and Russia addresses meat shortage with the Easter turkey

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 15, 2014
Markets brave a presidential-cycle speed bump

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> It's a bad time for stocks, based on the presidential cycle. Plus: The Nasdaq tests correction territory; most money managers think U.S. stocks are pricey (but there is a market they love); a tech ETF for nervous investors; what advisers wish investors knew; and having delicious fun with Cr&egrave;me Eggs.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 15, 2014
Stocks search for direction on a data-rich day

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Which way for stocks on big data day? Plus: The downside of low rates; GM gets some love; Earth Day and earthy companies; the surging price of shrimp makes cheap food, well, less so; and reflection and hope in Boston.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 14, 2014
Living with market volatility

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The bull run is not over; neither is the spike in volatility. Plus: The upside of suddenly cheaper stocks, JPMorgan's big miss, mutual fund investors always get creamed, placing speed bumps in front of high-frequency traders and not having Kathleen Sebelius to kick around anymore.

NEWS RIAS APR 14, 2014
Envestnet aggressively taking market share from wirehouses

CEO says majority of high net worth clients will move toward independent advisers