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INVESTING RIAS NOV 06, 2014
Hedge funds jumping into Puerto Rico muni bonds

Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> on hedge funds owning $16 billion in Puerto Rican muni bond debt, the scary similarities between advisers and psychics, why deep-water drilling looks like a bargain, and more.

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 05, 2014
Republicans could push for quicker rate hike

<I>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Quicker rate hike ahead? Plus: Top Republicans set agenda; greed, fear and fund flows; family offices riding growth of ultrawealthy; Schwab says its robo is no threat; and eating well after work.

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 05, 2014
U.S. stock-index futures decline with S&P 500 near record

Investors weighed prospects for economic growth and corporate earnings to help gauge the pace of the recovery.

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 04, 2014
Republicans win big; here's what to expect

Midweek <i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Republicans ready to rule. Plus: What investors might expect, advice from Jack Bogle, the hits keep coming for Nick Schosch and Pimco's bad October.

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 04, 2014
The GOP has the edge but ...

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Who's spending what on the election, what worries Vanguard's CEO, oil is cratering and here are stocks to consider, and JPMorgan is not out of the woods.

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 03, 2014
Money managers scraping to catch up to record stock market

On Monday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Fund managers in a bind. <i>Plus</i> more trouble for Nicholas Schorsch? And Republicans looking stronger going into Election Day, stocks to consider with a GOP-controlled Congress, it's time to think about taxes already.

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 03, 2014
Bill Gross' departure reignites the risks of 'star manager' funds

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu, Bill Gross' Pimco exit is changing the way we look at star fund managers, Japan's latest stimulus plan triggers a market rally, watching out for those mutual fund tax burdens, and more.

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 03, 2014
Markets in a 'bad mood' as S&P 500 gives back year's gains

Weak economic numbers and an Ebola panic spurred a pullback, causing the S&amp;P 500 to give back the year's gains.

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 03, 2014
Advisers on stock selloff: Keep calm, keep diversified

Just because the stock market hasn't suffered a major pullback in a while doesn't mean the resurgence of volatility is going to send financial advisers ducking for cover, even when the Dow dives 300 points.

INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 03, 2014
Where are the next big opportunities in today's market?

Analyzing the current equity and fixed income scene to identify potential growth areas

INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 30, 2014
All-time highs in stocks, but time for a breather

Chances high for a year-end rally but if bears take control, longer-term bets could be at risk.

INVESTING OPINION OCT 30, 2014
Advisers played a role in market sell-off as they turned to risk-averse ETFs

Pattern of investors moving out of stocks could be set for balance of the year and into 2015.

INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 30, 2014
The bitter economic costs of cheap oil

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The bitter economic costs of cheap oil, plus notes on taking advantage of the rising dollar, avoiding bond funds like the plague, and running toward market volatility.

INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 30, 2014
Market volatility gives liquid alts first real test

One upside to the stock market carnage of the past week or two is that the wildly popular alternative-strategy mutual funds, better known as liquid alts, have finally been tested on the open road.

INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 29, 2014
Japan's stimulus news pushes stocks higher

Bank of Japan unexpectedly boosts monetary expansion and equity investors cheer; yen drops sharply.

INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 29, 2014
Stock index futures fall on rate concerns as Fed ends QE

Economy on stable track but investors will watch economic reports on growth, unemployment, consumption.

INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 28, 2014
Decision day: What Fed policy makers will have to say

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> What will Janet Yellen and the other Fed policy makers say, and how will investors react? Plus: Why focus on the Fed at all? And traps to avoid on the way to success, Facebook earnings, private equity risks and Game 7

INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 24, 2014
Are online investors actually panicking at the sight of market volatility?

Covestor sees investors tinkering around the edges of their allocations, but not much actual fear

INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 23, 2014
Charles Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders stays bullish but warns of market volatility

Schwab's chief investment strategist is embracing cheap oil, 'onshoring' and select emerging economies

INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 23, 2014
ETF investors bail on the financial sector

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i>Finance-focused ETFs suffer huge outflows. What gives? Plus: Prudential Financial's spooky reinsurance bet, investing in obesity, private lawyers give corporate inversions a leg up, and location matters less when the house you're selling is haunted.