Focus on industrial production data from the Federal Reserve
After slipping from a record high, stock futures point to the S&P's advancing again.
Friday <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> highlights the downsides to cheap U.S. oil. Plus: Maybe you don't need long-term-care insurance, the high risks of not saving for retirement, Putin becomes a gold bug, and why you might get a raise in 2015.
Slow eurozone recovery has investors on hold
On Thursday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: A string of catty comments accompany a Morningstar talk-up of Pimco's outlook. Plus, what municipal bond investors can learn from Detroit and Stockton, avoid getting sucked in by the market's latest winning streak, and much more.
Midweek <i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> What's making dollar bulls cheer. Plus: Picking winners and losers in the net-neutrality fight, Goldman's coveted promotion cycle, Dems suddenly like the Keystone XL pipeline, and Tim Geithner ruffles the Europeans.
Valuations getting high but solid earnings provide strong foundation for market gains.
With no futures market to speculate on chicken-price movements, short sellers have turned to the equity market, borrowing record amounts of shares of two poultry producers that they in turn sell in anticipation of declines.
X-trackers Harvest, Market Vectors ChinaAMC exchange-traded funds get surge of cash as stock pipeline opens.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> It's all about access at Goldman. Plus: U.S. soldiers sue banks for helping Iran finance attacks in Iraq, adjusting portfolios for a fourth-quarter ride, oil prices are expected to hang low till the next OPEC meeting, and a hats off to companies taking their hats off to veterans today.
Also on Monday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Janus rides the wave of a Bill Gross effect, bond managers talk their book, IN's deep-dive into bond fund assets shifts, some oil stocks are worth buying on the dips, and happy birthday to the United States Marine Corps.
S&P heads for a weekly gain as October's jobs report expected to add to signs of strength in the U.S. economy
S&P 500 expected to reach new record high as investors cheer business-friendly GOP.
Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> sees Pimco CEO Douglas Hodge downplay Bill Gross' exit, big-money players identifying a stock market entry point, JPMorgan's huge data breach, and more.
Stock-index futures were little changed, after the Standard & Poor's 500 Index posted a third weekly gain, as investors watched corporate results.
October jobless data become the focus amid solid earnings.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i>Shopping season bodes well for stocks. <i>Plus:</i> John Hancock pushes for liquid alts in retirement plans; being thankful for seasonal market timing; and learning to fly drones for fun and profit
Friday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Money flowing to technology but record highs mask weakness. Plus: Eaton Vance's big news; BofA's big loss; Home Depot's big data breach; and dreaming big, big, big.
Nuveen's Bob Doll says while the big GOP victory on Tuesday is not a game changer, energy, medical device, defense company stocks could win.
Facing outflows amid increasing trend toward passive management, firm says some fixed income managers can meaningfully add to returns
