John Goff

John was Online Editor at InvestmentNews from 2009 to 2014. You can see his LinkedIn here.

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Goldman sees great year for equities, decent one for Treasuries
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 24, 2011
Goldman sees great year for equities, decent one for Treasuries

Firm predicts S&P 500 will top 1,500 in December; yields on ten-year notes to touch 3.75 percent

Fleming in, Johnston out as MSSB boss
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 21, 2011
Fleming in, Johnston out as MSSB boss

To date, Morgan Stanley's retail brokerage has not exactly lit up the tote-board. So CEO James Gorman shuffled the deck, tapping his former Merrill Lynch colleague Greg Fleming to head up the struggling unit.

Brokerage to blame for Morgan Stanley's lackluster results?
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 18, 2011
Brokerage to blame for Morgan Stanley's lackluster results?

Morgan Stanley's enormous brokerage and retail distribution network set it apart from other Wall Street titans. And right now, that's not such a good thing.

Gross goes Kafka-esque in slamming 'head-eating' lawmakers
INVESTING FIXED INCOME JAN 18, 2011
Gross goes Kafka-esque in slamming 'head-eating' lawmakers

Bond king likens free-spending policy makers to female mantis, 'munching on the theoretical heads of future generations'

Loomis trounces Pimco in bond-fund battle
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 18, 2011
Loomis trounces Pimco in bond-fund battle

With big investments in emerging markets and convertible securities, Loomis Sayles' Bond Fund is yards ahead of Pimco's Total Return Fund in 2010. But don't worry about Bill Gross -- he's still having a pretty good year.

IRA 'deal of the century'?
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 18, 2011
IRA 'deal of the century'?

Tax law a boon to wealthy savers who convert traditional retirement accounts to Roths this year

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 16, 2011
Hot new asset class has 'failed on all counts'

Reverse convertibles boomerang on unsuspecting clients; SEC examining brokers' fees

Bill Gross bets big on muni bonds
INVESTING FIXED INCOME JAN 13, 2011
Bill Gross bets big on muni bonds

In a sign that local economies might not be in such bad shape, the Pimco boss plunks $4.4 million of his own money into muni bond funds.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 13, 2011
Planners seek fiduciary standard in Dodd bill

FPC disappointed that Senate Banking Committee chairman's revised legislation failed to extend fiduciary standard to brokers

'Overbought' S&P 500 will plunge 7% by end of Feb: BGC
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 12, 2011
'Overbought' S&P 500 will plunge 7% by end of Feb: BGC

Firm's technical analysis shows market headed for a tailspin; coming down from 'drug known as quantitative easing'