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INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 26, 2015
Citigroup says oil is going from cheap to dirt cheap

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Could $20 oil really happen? According to Citigroup, It's impossible to call a bottom point. Plus: Morningstar crowns the 'best' liquid alts fund, another oil producer feels the pain, and the case for active management gets stronger.

It's getting easier to tell good stocks from bad
INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 26, 2015
It's getting easier to tell good stocks from bad

2015 is shaping up to be a better year for active equity management.

Enjoy the Super Bowl ads, but don't buy the stock
INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 26, 2015
Enjoy the Super Bowl ads, but don't buy the stock

Advertising in the Super Bowl doesn't mean a company is a good investment, as generally there's been no connection between an advertiser shelling out millions for a 30-second commercial and the company's stock price.

The next thing to worry about: Investor overconfidence
INVESTING RIAS JAN 26, 2015
The next thing to worry about: Investor overconfidence

In Friday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, the downside of a multi-year bull market in stocks: Investors get overconfident. Plus: If oil drops to $30 look out below, not all hedge fund workers are rich, and what the IRS is looking for now.

MLP funds, once seemingly immune, show signs of frailty as energy prices fall
INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 26, 2015
MLP funds, once seemingly immune, show signs of frailty as energy prices fall

Popular category for yield-starved investors posts first quarterly decline in two years.

INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 22, 2015
Dynasty hires Scott D. Welch to be chief investment officer

Service provide plans to expand investment opportunities for its network of advisory firms

Salient Partners buys Forward Funds with liquid alts expansion in mind
INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 21, 2015
Salient Partners buys Forward Funds with liquid alts expansion in mind

Combined firm will include 36 funds and $27 billion under management.

Swiss franc fallout hits some liquid alt funds harder than others
INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 21, 2015
Swiss franc fallout hits some liquid alt funds harder than others

Big bets, currency exposure might surprise some investors

INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 21, 2015
Five surprise investment themes for 2015

From a big year for European equities to precious metals and bonds, here are some ideas of where value may lie in 2015.

INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 21, 2015
Tax pain on the way for active funds with big capital gains

Six years into the bull market, losses booked from the financial crisis have all been used up.

INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 20, 2015
Looking for investment value across the globe

Europe is a focus while selective emerging markets show promise, Templeton Global Equity strategists say.

Bond investors pessimistic as U.S. economic growth improves
INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 20, 2015
Bond investors pessimistic as U.S. economic growth improves

Lack of wage growth stoking fears of disinflation while Fed prepares to lift interest rates

State of the Union spoiler alert: Obama plans to go after rich people
INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 20, 2015
State of the Union spoiler alert: Obama plans to go after rich people

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Tax hikes for the rich? Plus: European central bankers load up for their own quantitative easing, Russia is fading fast, and Switzerland has another trick up its sleeve.

Gundlach says 'sinister side' of cheap oil will dampen economic growth, markets
INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 20, 2015
Gundlach says 'sinister side' of cheap oil will dampen economic growth, markets

What the U.S. energy boom has given, the U.S. energy boom is about to take away if oil prices stay at or below current levels, according to DoubleLine Capital's Jeffrey Gundlach.

INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 20, 2015
U.S.: The global economic bright spot

As recovery reaches another phase, stocks remain poised to benefit from improving growth trends.

INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 18, 2015
Monitoring investments doesn't end

Supreme Court is reviewing a decision on the responsibility of plans to continually watch costs

How currency hedging saved portfolios in 2014
INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 18, 2015
How currency hedging saved portfolios in 2014

Financial advisers who found ways to mute the effect of the surging U.S. dollar on clients' foreign investments weathered the last year well. Those who didn't suffered.

U.S. economy reclaims post as global growth engine
INVESTING RIAS JAN 18, 2015
U.S. economy reclaims post as global growth engine

On Monday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, the U.S. economy reclaims the post of global growth engine, though the Federal Reserve remains all quiet on the rate hike front. Plus: How to invest when a rosy jobs report hurts stocks, Goldman picks a list of losers, and millennials go home for financial advice.

Alibaba eligible for MSCI equity indexes as Russia snubbed
INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 16, 2015
Alibaba eligible for MSCI equity indexes as Russia snubbed

MSCI will allow some companies with overseas stock-market listings in its equity indexes, opening the door to China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. while excluding Russian firms amid economic sanctions.

Europe and Asia may be a mess, but long-term investors can find opportunities there
INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 16, 2015
Europe and Asia may be a mess, but long-term investors can find opportunities there

Valuations and fundamentals make the case for a contrarian international move