<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The solid housing market stands in contrast to the dismal first quarter GDP numbers.
Investors inject $19.5 billion into equity ETFs in the first quarter
New multialternative fund seen as endorsement of alts, while pressuring fees
Trends can be tempting and tough to ignore, so knowing where to look for opportunities others are missing is key.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Retail brokerages are shut out of the SEC's advisory committee for market reforms to protect retail investors.
Global CIO Wieting says 'significant market drop' likely by the end of the decade.
Your clients will appreciate it if you help them avoid the 43.4% tax bracket
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The NFL gives up its tax-exempt status, and estimates suggest the league's tax bill could be $10 million per year.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The Nasdaq is back to 2000 levels, but everything else is different.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The Carlyle Group is shutting down two liquid alternative mutual funds it launched last year.
Outlook on eurozone is somewhat upbeat, survey shows.
Strategies represent a cost-effective way to harnes quantitative insights and quickl, easily implement them in portfolios
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Hedge fund bulls go big on oil. What do they know, or think they know?
Fixed-income foundation pushed fund to the top of the large-value category.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: A 25% pay raise to $22.5 million means it's good to be Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman.
It has become the ultimate stock-pickers market
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: No longer blaming earnings shortfalls on the weather, CEOs are now passing the buck to the strong dollar.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The firm is closing or consolidating 20 money market funds with $200 billion in assets.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Now might be a good time to start bracing for a Greek default, as the probability has never been as high.
The answer to which strategy is best will depend on the scenario in question.
