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
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The price of oil dropped to levels not seen in more than six years amid fears the global glut will be with us for a while. But there is an upside for some.
It's easy to see why many advisers and investors are concerned as asset values — from stocks to bonds to real estate — have soared, but that doesn't mean cash should be king.
Franklin Templeton's Michael Hasenstab says his bond-market peers aren't prepared for higher U.S. interest rates.
Clients need to understand what advisers mean by risk because it can affect decisions, goals
Making the case for alternatives is less about the absolute returns they can deliver, but their potential over full market cycles.
Republican presidential contender Donald Trump could become a major cause of volatility in financial markets throughout the first half of 2016. His rhetoric favoring protectionist economic policies is bad news for investors.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The last two weeks of the year typically ushers in the Santa Claus rally in stocks but this year, there's a big obstacle in the way.
Investment landscape poised for significant change but stocks should beat bonds over the next six to 12 months.
Retail-oriented ETFs tend to underperform the market during the holiday shopping season. In the nine years since retail ETFs began to trade, investors would have been better off sticking with a boring old S&P 500-stock index fund.
The Dow's 1,100-point drop off the opening bell Monday cost investors untold amounts of money and suggests the market is still broken.
Will another strong jobs report make the Federal Reserve act too slowly to lift interest rates?
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Security guard/waiter/travel agent posing as a hedge fund manager has been convicted of stealing more than $800,000 from 17 investors.
December has been a bruising month for bond traders, with a $270 billion drop &mdash; and we've only just begun.
Fund names can be deceiving and when outflows hit, distributions are unavoidable.
This year's spike in equity market volatility creates fertile ground for the strategy. Plus, check out our <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20151129/TAXESTATE2015"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">special report on tax and estate planning</a>.
Legion M offers hope for a Hollywood-level debut.