<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Now that the dust has started to settle, China's stock market meltdown doesn't seem all that awful.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Asia's biggest economy is slowing, the Fed is about to kick off an interest rate tightening cycle, and China has just devalued its currency. Is the current market turmoil foreshadowing yet another region-wide bust?
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Despite the mood on Wall Street getting downright gloomy, some economists still think the Fed will raise interest rates next month.
<i>InvestmentNews</i> survey shows most financial professionals in "wait and see" mode, while some consider rebalancing. <i>(Don't miss: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20150824/FREE/150829959/investors-react-to-news-of-1000-point-fall"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">Investors react to market's move</a>.)</i>
Panic selling off the opening bell leads to investors buying the drop but more losses possible as all eyes focus on China's problems.
Many American investors are still underinvested in Japan despite the fact that stocks there have the best valuations and fastest earnings growth of any developed market in the world. Here's why.
China's Shenzhen Composite Index, having more than doubled in 2015, began declining about a week after the legendary bond manager made a prediction that Chinese stocks were overheated and poised to fall, and it has since plunged about 27%.
Many investors obtain direct exposure to China through diversified emerging market mutual funds and ETFs. Do you know your exposure?
Bill Gross, who recommended shorting the Chinese stock market last month before it plunged, didn't actually do the trade. Instead he wagered against both the S&P 500 emerging market currencies.
Even with crude oil now hovering around $45 a barrel, there is debate over whether it is time to buy or steer clear of the global commodity.
As China sorts through a serious market plunge and economic contraction, overexposure can slice into gains
If Chinese policymakers don't alter course soon, the current correction could turn into a stock market plunge similar to what happened in the United States in 1929.
It's premature to think Chinese stocks are over the worst, but investing for the long term changes the picture.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> DoubleLine's Jeffrey Gundlach believes $40 oil is something investors should be worried about.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: China could stand in the way, as their market struggles create a risk of tightening into a slowing global economy.
Emerging stock markets have been flat over past six years &mdash; risks are commodity rout, China slowing and higher U.S. rates.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> China's stock market rout is being described as just the beginning, with some big moves still to come.
Advisers need to address environmental issues and how they will affect investments
Advisers say the presidential hopeful and real estate mogul's investments reveal a scattered approach to money management. <i>(See <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20150723/FREE/723009998/PH"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener">the top five fund companies holding Mr. Trump's money</a>.)</i>
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Puerto Rico has missed a debt payment. How will the fallout be felt by average Americans?
