<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Investors not taking President Obama's advice. Plus: Fed warns there's always time to worry about bubbles, Morgan Stanley doubles down on biotech, the cloud computing frenzy marches on, activist investor challenges Coke management perks, and index investing to cut the tax bill
<i>Friday's menu:</i> Both sides of the gold rally. Plus: Who won at last night's Lipper Awards; Yellen gets credit for driving the dollar higher; nearly all big banks pass stress tests; Russian sanctions taking hold; and when to use home equity to buy stocks.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i>Stocks continue to rally after Putin weighs in while one Fed official hopes for a quicker taper. Also: Obama's budget met with groans, the Comcast-Time Warner deal isn't done yet, Credit Suisse expanding in Asia and Facebook's drone dreams
U.S. stocks sank, tracking a global selloff in equities, as investors sought havens on concern that Russia's military presence in Ukraine could lead to a larger conflict. How long and deep could it go?
The yellow metal is back in the spotlight, but strategists say that despite Ukraine tension, a long-term comeback is not in the cards. <i> Plus: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140303/FREE/140309988" target="_blank">Ukraine worries sink stocks</a>.</i>
Muriel Siebert bought seat on Big Board in 1967, breaking up all-male bastion.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Markets don't buy the Fed chief's words. Plus: More data today, who's going after indie advisers, Apple's Pushmi-pullyu, Icahn's intentions, a headline says it all and the Madness begins.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> ICI resists 'Too Big to Fail' label for fund firms plus Crimea chooses Mother Russia and what that means for the markets. And guess what, the Fed is out of ammo, Pimco spins the Mohamed El-Erian departure while Mr. El-Erian opens a Twitter account.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Asian investors spooked by China economic worries, Ukraine. Plus: Japan concerns surface, U.S. stock valuations not horrible, Washington as a Wall Street battleground and look who's worried about the Treasury market.
Fear and greed drive stocks, so the key is not to try to time your exposure to the market but to manage it effectively.
Why should investors avoid talking to company management at firms they invest in? One portfolio manager doesn't and says factors such as an exuberant CEO or creative financial reporting can exert undue influence.
Strategists from the Goldman Sachs Group to AMP Capital Investors and JPMorgan Chase are telling clients to hang on after losses that began with currencies in Turkey and Argentina spread to developed markets.
Nuveen's chief equity strategist Bob Doll isn't just making a list of 10 predictions. He's created an investable portfolio of stocks based on those predictions. Jeff Benjamin has the details.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Stocks holding steady after spike. Plus, Global markets shrug off Obama's meager sanction efforts, Yellen tries to have it both ways with rates, the Senate's housing market destruction plan, and 1,000 years of European border shifts.
Friday's menu: Already on edge, investors brace for Sunday's vote in Crimea. And will sanctions against Russia even work? Plus: riding the storm out by staying invested, going long in emerging markets and taking a fresh look at copper. Oh, btw, it's jellybean Friday.
After 'garden variety' correction, shares rebound with the strength of resilient sector leadership, bolstered by better-than-anticipated earnings and ongoing Fed monetary accommodation.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> How investors are playing the markets. Plus: Kitces on the fee vs. commission problem; solving mysteries and who Facebook is leaving in the dust.
The Oracle of Omaha doesn't owe shareholders an apology for falling short of a performance goal at his Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Vice Chairman Charles Munger said at the company's annual meeting.
Warren Buffett won't pay a dividend to his Berkshire Hathaway shareholders but he sure welcomes them from companies he invests in. He stands to rake in $123 million more a year now that companies including Wells Fargo and American Express have been cleared to lift payouts.
