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INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 09, 2016
Time to start navigating that minefield of mutual fund capital gains

Plus: Investors can't get enough of muni bond ETFs, finding robust yields in fine wines, and a pampered perspective.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 08, 2016
Morningstar to help advisers compare ETFs to mutual funds

Lumping ETFs and mutual funds into the same peer groups.

Yellen says rate-hike case 'has strengthened in recent months'
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 08, 2016
Yellen says rate-hike case 'has strengthened in recent months'

The case to raise interest rates is getting stronger as the U.S. economy approaches the central bank's goals, Federal Reserve Chair Yellen said.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 07, 2016
Time to embrace the idea of a nasty market correction

Plus: Investors buckle in for a bumpy ride, the mystery of bond yields, and the upside of mid-day naps

U.S. stocks fall from near record high as dollar rebounds
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 07, 2016
U.S. stocks fall from near record high as dollar rebounds

The dollar also gained as traders digested mixed data in the world's largest economy amid bets interest rates will stay low.

Advisers are bracing for a September market storm
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 07, 2016
Advisers are bracing for a September market storm

The usual volatility could be enhanced by the Fed, geopolitics and the presidential election.

Are junk bonds becoming the new equities?
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 06, 2016
Are junk bonds becoming the new equities?

Tempting yields might be just replacing one kind of risk with another.

El-Erian says Fed risks instability, excess by keeping rates low
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 06, 2016
El-Erian says Fed risks instability, excess by keeping rates low

Federal Reserve officials need to consider the costs of keeping interest rates low, even as the U.S. economy is pressured by diminished worker productivity, according to Allianz's chief economic adviser.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 01, 2016
Investors gobbled up risk assets in August

Plus: The Fed's new spin, Wall Street women dish out career advice, and how to spend away a summer

Value strategies defy logic in push past growth stocks
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 01, 2016
Value strategies defy logic in push past growth stocks

Pinning the value rally on the Fed, hoping for the best.

If history is a guide, market volatility is about to spike
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 31, 2016
If history is a guide, market volatility is about to spike

August and September can be rough months for investors.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 26, 2016
Fed finds more reasons to keep sitting on its hands

Plus: You probably shouldn't curse in front on your clients, there's a limit to delaying retirement, and do we really need all these dollar bills?

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 26, 2016
Why Morgan Stanley and Goldman can't agree on interest rates

The divide has grown between Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley over the likelihood of higher U.S. interest rates this month.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 26, 2016
Blaming the 401(k) for lack of retirement savings

Plus: U.S. oil production could derail oil rally, a cash management strategy ahead of October's rule change, and bond ladders still make sense

The risky but necessary bet on dividends for income
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 26, 2016
The risky but necessary bet on dividends for income

Advisers should not forget overall portfolio construction objectives when chasing dividend yields.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 26, 2016
Morningstar demystifies 401(k) loans

Plus: DOJ move sends prison stocks to the hole, SEC wants cleaner earnings reports, and proof that faster food can be healthier food

World's biggest pension fund takes $52 billion hit as stocks sink
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 25, 2016
World's biggest pension fund takes $52 billion hit as stocks sink

Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund loses 3.9%, erasing gains from previous six quarters.

When outperformance puts active managers out of business
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 24, 2016
When outperformance puts active managers out of business

Taking on too much risk to stay on top.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 24, 2016
Keep index funds in perspective in the active-passive debate

The debate favors active because calculations are often skewed.

What's active management's best hope? Look to the king of passive investing, Vanguard
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 24, 2016
What's active management's best hope? Look to the king of passive investing, Vanguard