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INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 16, 2016
Collective investment trusts rise in popularity as attractive alternatives to mutual funds

Fiduciaries need to be well versed in these low-cost investment vehicles and how to assess them.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 16, 2016
Pimco issues urgent warning about state of commercial real estate market

Plus: Why Wall Street is avoiding pot investments, where to invest $10k today, and become financially better off by not doing this

Fear of stock market collapse dictating ETF flows
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 16, 2016
Fear of stock market collapse dictating ETF flows

The Fed has been the biggest variable in driving ETF flows. But for now investors are looking to stock-proof, not Fed-proof, their portfolios.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 16, 2016
Wall Street figuring out how to hedge against a Donald Trump presidency

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Wall Street investors are working on how to position their portfolios for a potential Donald Trump presidency.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 16, 2016
How a Brexit will hit U.S. stocks

Plus: The Fed moves bonds, the downside of diversification, and don't rule out a staycation this summer

Leuthold Group: Long-term stock indicator wildly bullish
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 15, 2016
Leuthold Group: Long-term stock indicator wildly bullish

Indicator last flashed a buy signal in May 2009.

AQR's Asness, Research Affiliates' Arnott agree that a little market timing is okay
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 15, 2016
AQR's Asness, Research Affiliates' Arnott agree that a little market timing is okay

Defining value as something that's not cheap, but should be.

'Brexit' campaigns suspended after British lawmaker killed in shooting
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 14, 2016
'Brexit' campaigns suspended after British lawmaker killed in shooting

After the attack, campaigning halted in UK's European Union membership referendum.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 14, 2016
A tale of two Chinas: one old, one new

American Funds' platform puts target-date funds under a microscope
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 03, 2016
American Funds' platform puts target-date funds under a microscope

Fund giant offering financial advisers a tool for evaluating the funds that adheres to the 2013 guidance from the Department of Labor.

Stock sellers got burned in May but volatility set to return in June
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 03, 2016
Stock sellers got burned in May but volatility set to return in June

June has been a good month to do something besides invest in the stock market.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 01, 2016
Today's jobs report might disappoint, but it won't likely move the Fed

Plus: Don't make these mistakes with closed-end funds, the sleeping risks in auto loans, and when leaving at 7 p.m. on Friday is perk

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 01, 2016
Don't fear the robo: Some millennials like working with human financial advisers

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> New research suggests that some tech-crazy millennial investors are moving beyond the robos to work closely with human financial advisers.

Energy funds iPath, VanEck and Highland soar as oil rebounds above $50 a barrel
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 01, 2016
Energy funds iPath, VanEck and Highland soar as oil rebounds above $50 a barrel

The best performing fund was iPath's exchange-traded note (OIL), which pumped out a cumulative 81.9% gain.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 01, 2016
Passive funds see big inflows in April

Investors yank money from stock funds in time to miss May rally.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 31, 2016
How stocks' performance can help predict the presidential election

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Paying attention to how stocks trend between August and November could be a giveaway for which party's candidate will be elected president.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 29, 2016
Permanent 100% exclusion of small business gains a long-term tax advantage

Exclusion for qualified stock will be a big draw for investors to reconsider C corps.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 27, 2016
Small-cap stocks gaining momentum while rates stay low

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Small caps have started to outperform, and it might be connected to the Fed's downward revision on 2016 rate hikes.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 26, 2016
Sky-high cash stockpiles expose rising investor unease

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> If the heaping cash stockpiles are any indication, investors are getting more nervous by the day.

Robo platforms create a new headache for human advisers: wash sales
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 26, 2016
Robo platforms create a new headache for human advisers: wash sales

Most robos boast standard safeguards to prevent wash sales on accounts on the platforms, but can't guard against non-platform trading.