Customized trade-offs between volatility and income benefits can help clients meet a variety of investment goals.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: A fake financial adviser was found guilty of wire fraud and money laundering related to $11.3M he conned from a real adviser.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Renowned bond manager says lack of wage inflation will keep the Federal Reserve from lifting interest rates this year. But when it does, avoid junk bonds.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The billionaire investor is calling on the United States to allow China's currency to join the International Monetary Fund's basket of currencies.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Gold enjoys its best performance since January as the dollar's run takes a breather.
Record inflows raising concerns of a 'crowded trade'
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Goldman Sachs analysts believe stocks' most recent record high could be the last for a while.
Studies show socially conscious investing principles positively affect long-term, risk-adjusted returns.
Janus money manager says attempt by global central banks to cure a debt crisis with more debt doesn't have much further to run.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> There's no harm in helping investors better understand what it means for them when the Fed starts to tighten interest rates.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Where to look when it's time to go beyond the traditional hunting grounds for dividend income.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Stock buybacks hit an all-time high in April as companies continue to view repurchase plans as the best use of cash stockpiles.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Good or bad, investors could react sharply to the April jobs report. Plus: Bitcoin could be back, Fitbit plans an IPO and offbeat economic indicators.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The chairwoman of the Federal Reserve called equity valuations 'quite high,' bond yields low and said the combination raises 'potential dangers.' Her comments roiled markets.
Near-term decline in equities follows pattern of a typical post-recession recovery
Strong market rally and mixed jobs report adds fresh fuel to the debate over when the Fed might institute the first rate hike since 2006. <i>(See also: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20150506/FREE/150509951/forget-a-rate-hike-ndash-peter-schiff-expects-more-quantitative"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">Schiff: Forget rate hike, look for QE4</a>)</i>
Tens of thousands of investors will be listening to Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett on Saturday for his views on the economy and topics from ketchup to geopolitics. Here's a list of names they'll also be listening for.
Currency-hedging ETF strategies are a no-brainer: Merrill Lynch portfolio manager
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Warren Buffett rejects analysts' criticism of Berkshire Hathaway's financials. Plus: Family Dollar's lesson in luck, small-cap stocks at odds with jobs data, and Alan Greenspan on Greece exiting the euro.
Limits of diversity, wisdom of taking profits and importance of rebalancing are top lessons learned from bursting of the dotcom bubble 15 years ago.
