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How Fed policy is wrecking the bond market
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 09, 2015
How Fed policy is wrecking the bond market

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Welcome to the upside-down world of too much liquidity creating illiquidity.

It's time for retirees to start bracing for higher interest rates
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 09, 2015
It's time for retirees to start bracing for higher interest rates

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Even if the Fed isn't sure when they'll occur, retirees should be bracing for rising interest rates.

Defying market logic, small-cap funds ride the strong dollar to beat large caps
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 09, 2015
Defying market logic, small-cap funds ride the strong dollar to beat large caps

Some advisers are getting in on the rally, but others are staying diversified.

The next big worry is that the Fed already missed its chance to raise rates
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 08, 2015
The next big worry is that the Fed already missed its chance to raise rates

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: More Fed handwringing is coming, as concern that the Fed already missed its chance to raise rates persists.

Financial advisers are putting ETFs in the driver's seat
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 05, 2015
Financial advisers are putting ETFs in the driver's seat

Mutual fund popularity fades as the bull market lives on.

Stock buybacks, now propping up the market, could become a victim of rising interest rates
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 05, 2015
Stock buybacks, now propping up the market, could become a victim of rising interest rates

The end of aggressive repurchase plans could be the end of the market's run.

The no-growth first quarter doesn't take a rate hike off the table
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 04, 2015
The no-growth first quarter doesn't take a rate hike off the table

Still blaming the weather and the strong dollar for the economy's sluggishness, advisers see Fed Chairwoman Yellen in a pickle.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 04, 2015
China, and the world's hottest stock exchange, beckons for American investors

Advisers must weigh risks against rewards of investing in the high-flying Chinese stock market.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 02, 2015
Advisers, pay attention to home-country bias in 401(k) menus

Eliminate over-allocations to the U.S. market by encouraging plan sponsors to add international options to menus and explaining diversification benefits to participants.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 29, 2015
Not so fast on the interest rate hike

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> One Fed governor says the economy isn't moving in the right direction to support a rate hike (even though factories in the U.S. are expanding).

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 29, 2015
June gloom looms for stocks: A buying opportunity?

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> June has been a bad month for stocks and this year looks to continue the pattern. So should you buy any dips?

The heavy downer of seeing GDP revised downward
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 29, 2015
The heavy downer of seeing GDP revised downward

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: A downward revision of first quarter GDP can be called an aberration, but that won't make it any less bad.

Inflation report boosts odds of September rate hike
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 29, 2015
Inflation report boosts odds of September rate hike

Rise in consumer prices gives the Fed another reason to act this year.

Index based on social media sentiment gives new weight to tweets
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 28, 2015
Index based on social media sentiment gives new weight to tweets

Tapping into the fear and greed of the crowd.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 26, 2015
China ETFs plunge as investors fear regulators will curb markets

The largest U.S. exchange-traded funds tracking Chinese dropped sharply on concern the nation's equity markets will retreat after posting world-beating rallies as policy makers take measures to slow gains.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 24, 2015
Smaller economies offering bigger returns in the emerging markets sector

Investors are finding bonds with plumper yields, and stocks that beat the S&amp;P 500

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 24, 2015
When investing in emerging-markets economies, stock picking beats indexed exposure

Investing in specific companies is the best approach, but it entails more risk

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 22, 2015
Americans are saving more these days and that's not necessarily a good thing: Fink

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> BlackRock CEO Laurence Fink says low rates are pushing more Americans to boost savings as their fear of retirement security increases, thanks to low rates.

Financial markets can smell a rate hike coming
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 22, 2015
Financial markets can smell a rate hike coming

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Equity markets are abruptly adjusting to the notion that the Fed might finally get off the sidelines.

Tim Geithner spills the beans on how he navigated the financial crisis
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 21, 2015
Tim Geithner spills the beans on how he navigated the financial crisis

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner spills the beans on how he navigated the financial crisis.