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INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 21, 2014
It's back! Market volatility sets advisers' defensive plans in motion

The recent spike in stock market volatility has put the financial advice community into scramble mode, with many advisers fielding calls from nervous clients while embracing defensive investment strategies.

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 21, 2014
In taper move, Fed inspires confidence in stock and bond investors

Modest $10 billion cut plus reaffirmation of zero-interest rate policy puts nervous investors at ease.

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 20, 2014
What's Apple got up its sleeve?

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Apple's latest acquisition and what else it has up its sleeve. Plus: Microsoft's latest move; Netflix subscribers using Comcast can breathe easier; small investors get back into the trading game and training advisers to work with women.

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 20, 2014
Emerging-markets selloff sparks global concerns

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Emerging market selloff raises contagion fears. Plus: Short-selling starts to make sense, Bill Gross plans to work till he's 109, Obamacare triggers downgrade of health insurers, economists bicker over minimum wage laws, and tricks of debt-free Americans.

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 19, 2014
Buffett's hedge fund strategy leaves much to be desired

Active strategies, diversification work and are necessary

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 18, 2014
Breakfast with Benjamin: Obama's budget blueprint

Today: Who will be happy with Obama's budget blueprint? Plus, a contrarian idea for stocks, tapering already, gold, GMATs and g-forces.

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 18, 2014
Gold rides high on the taper effect

<i>Friday's menu:</i> Gold rides high on the taper effect, playing smart defense with a wide-moat ETF, blaming cold weather in February, stirring the income inequality pot, why you should complete your LinkedIn profile, and the SEC shows some love.

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 18, 2014
Pros panic while retail investors stay cool

As strategists warned of calamity, investors dropped $3B a week into emerging-market funds.

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 13, 2014
Bill Gross compares Chinese economy to 'mystery meat'

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i>The Bond King: China's a big risk. Plus: JPMorgan goes on a settlement binge, finance industry tells investors to stay calm, Obama administration catches a CBO boomerang, and some healthy balance sheets for the New Year.

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 12, 2014
BlackRock's Fink calls market drop 'old-fashioned correction'

CEO says long-term investors staying the course, blames hedge funds for volatility.

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 12, 2014
Fed tapers another $10B a month; stocks extend losses

Slight economic improvement keeps central bankers on track as they commit to keeping target interest rate near zero.

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 11, 2014
Investors shift record amounts from U.S. stocks to bonds

Investors shifted record amounts out of U.S. stock funds and into bonds in seven-day period ended Feb. 5, while withdrawing money from emerging-market equities for a 15th straight week.

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 11, 2014
Cry me a river: Tears of fear or tears of joy

After a rocky first month of the year and a downright awful start to February, one could be forgiven for wondering whether the stock market is correcting or beginning a longer-term slide. Advisors Asset Management's Scott Colyer takes a look at the bearish case and the bullish case.

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 09, 2014
Time for a gut check on risk tolerance

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 07, 2014
All eyes on the jobs report as investors pull money from stocks

Friday's menu: All eyes on the jobs report as investors pull cash from stocks, what the frigid winter in the U.S. could wreak, what is Apple up to (aside from buying back its stock) and at long last, the Winter Olympics in Sochi begin.

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 07, 2014
Warren Buffett's hedge fund bet might be sending the wrong message

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> What's with the Oracle of Omaha's hedge fund bet? Plus: Friday's freaky jobs report preview, public pensions gained 16% last year, Twitter earnings raise concerns, and investing in income inequality.

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 07, 2014
To follow the herd … or not

Dr. Daniel Crosby explores the problems of surrounding yourself with &#8220;yes people.&#8221; Sometimes it's natural and healthy, but it can lead to dangerous 'groupthink.'

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 05, 2014
Sustained drop in stocks not likely despite uncertainties, global worries

Citing weak but recovering economy, monetary policy, Nuveen's Doll says, &quot;We have been in the sweet spot for some time, and it is likely to continue.&quot;

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 04, 2014
Breakfast with Benjamin: Fed shrugs off market selloff and sticks to taper plans

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Janet Yellen's Fed is sticking with tapering but more econ data today could change the conversation. Plus: Stocks are down big so is it the overdue correction? And Japanese stocks fell 4% overnight, the case for index funds, BofA rate traders see smaller bonuses, and tracking short sales.

INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 04, 2014
Stocks extend January slide, hit by weak earnings, emerging markets turmoil

Worst January since 2010 as S&amp;P 500 loses 3.6%, first monthly decline since August 2013.