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INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 30, 2014
Renaissance to launch international version of IPO ETF

Just a year after launching the Renaissance IPO ETF, the public-stock-offering research and data-tracking firm is coming out with an international IPO fund.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 30, 2014
The dangerous downside of the stronger dollar

Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu covers the U.S. dollar threatening to knock markets off balance, riding an ETF back into commodities, retirement plans turning on the Pimco Total Return Fund, and more.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 30, 2014
Alibaba IPO not high on advisers' to-do list

Some see potential opportunity but prefer to wait for the sizzle to cool.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 29, 2014
Stock and real estate bubbles on a collision course

Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> sees stock and real estate bubbles on a collision course, gold prices stuck in neutral, Bill Gross cutting Treasury bond exposure, and much more.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 27, 2014
Gross' last defiance stuns Pimco, Allianz

Move to Janus was a complete surprise to company, bosses in Germany.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 26, 2014
Pimco fortifies to take on the old boss

Monday <i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i>Gross, Ivascyn to square off. Plus: The outlook for Pimco outflows is bad and worse, global markets keeping an eye on Hong Kong civil unrest, a warning about fixed indexed annuities, buying ahead of ex-dividend dates, and running the numbers on Roth IRAs

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 26, 2014
Pimco's funds plunge following Bill Gross exit

Global StocksPlus &amp; Income Fund slips 9.2% to $22.80

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 26, 2014
Market ramps up for typical October wild ride

In today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, signs point to a wild month ahead for the markets, Michael Lewis dishes on 'secret' Goldman Sachs tapes, the Alibaba bloom is already off the rose, and more.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 26, 2014
Frustrated Fed calls out consumers for saving too much

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The Fed now says consumers are saving too much. Plus: SEC reforms add risk to money market funds; considering a worst-case-scenario for economic growth; what Eric Cantor brings to Wall Street; and another case for long-short equity investing.

INVESTING RIAS SEP 26, 2014
Bill Gross disciple takes down the 'Bond King'

This edition of <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> covers Bill Gross getting beaten at his own game, the SEC's focus on liquid alt funds, Obama's attack on corporate inversions, and more.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 24, 2014
Don't overlook the housing recovery

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Remember housing stocks? You should. Plus: How Pimco stepped in it, academics take on high-frequency trading, the bad math behind climate-change regs, and men are better retirement savers than women.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 24, 2014
Yellen to the markets: Don't say you weren't warned

Midweek <i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Yellen warned us. Plus: SEC probes Pimco ETF over asset pricing, America's 401(k)s are failing investors, and how Obama's attack on corporate inversions flunks basic math.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 23, 2014
Stock sell-off a buying opportunity as some pros see more gains ahead

Sudden stock decline gives money managers confidence to buy. Should advisers follow their lead?

INVESTING RIAS SEP 23, 2014
Market risk is ignored by invincible investors

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: A real risk thanks to the bull market: investors' sense of invincibility, plus El-Erian dishes on Pimco, second-guessing Calpers, and more.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 22, 2014
Should you follow Bill?

Friday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> features: Bill Gross is selling bonds. Should you? Plus: Finra might go inside to replace Fienberg; the markets' muted reaction to Obama; pump and dump; more money flows to hedge funds; and Cantor's way of commemorating 9/11.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 19, 2014
What Scotland's 'no' vote means for markets

Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: What Scotland's 'no' vote might mean for the markets, Alibaba's IPO prices in record territory, the 'dumb money' is getting smarter, and gold continues to slide.

INVESTING RIAS SEP 18, 2014
Distinguishing financial planner from investment adviser

Monday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Distinguishing financial planner from investment adviser. Plus: Gold looks tarnished, the Russell 2000 heads into 'death cross' territory, buying stocks in a buyback cycle, bank stocks in a rising-rate market, and another tax penalty, courtesy of Obamacare

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 18, 2014
Equity markets poised for day two of Fed's no-news rally

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Equity markets are poised for day two of a rally thanks to the Fed's lack of news, plus gold takes a hit, and how independence could affect Scottish stocks.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 17, 2014
Bill Gross rides derivatives around Fed policy

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The Bond King levers up. Plus: There is nothing smooth about the Fed's next move, the first nail in hedge funds' coffin and more.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 17, 2014
A user's guide to this week's "Fedspeak"

On this morning's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu, a guide to the Fed's upcoming comments, Calpers sends hedge funds out to pasture, getting on the stock-split bandwagon, and more.