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Bracing for the highs and lows of cannabis-industry stocks.
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MLPs move back into the spotlight for patient investors
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Morningstar's John Rekenthaler clarifies after recently referring to market-timers as “circus clowns minus the funny suits.”
Hedge-fund assets contracted by $95 billion to $2.87 trillion during third quarter amid a surge of fund closures.
Flip-flopping the weightings of the traditional Dow 30 stocks
Turmoil in financial markets may slow the U.S. economic expansion. But it probably won't kill it.
Cerulli sees ETF assets more than doubling to $6T by 2020
Fund closure could put the spotlight on fixed-income ETFs, which are vulnerable because they are more liquid than their underlying assets.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: This week's rate hike could hit the markets in a half dozen, mostly bad, ways.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> It took the bank just 12 minutes after the Fed's rate hike announcement to bump its prime rate to 3.5% from 3.25%.
The carnage unfolding in the high-yield bond market has paved the way for serious gains in some managed futures funds.
Activist investor to push for a measure that would enable shareholders to communicate directly with the board and possibly seek the addition of a director.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The bond market selloff has sparked fears that the Fed might not hike rates today.
DoubleLine CEO Jeffrey Gundlach points to fragile economy, crumbling credit market as signs the time is not right for an increase in interest rates, a move the Fed could come to regret.
Stocks retreated with government bonds, as investors looked past an unprecedented boost to European stimulus to focus on rising anxiety that central banks have lost the ability to boost global growth.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Just when the Fed felt it was safe to move off a zero-rate policy, all kinds of heck is busting loose in the high-yield bond market.
Most analysts and advisers expect a gradual climb tempered by economic performance.
Plus: JPMorgan's David Kelly second-guesses the Fed, MLP investors hang on for dear life, and Joe Montana gets his VC groove on
