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INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 27, 2014
Europe the place to go for equity value

Improving economies and corporate fundamentals help but long time horizon required.

SEC sets plan to expand tick sizes for small-cap trades
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 26, 2014
SEC sets plan to expand tick sizes for small-cap trades

Agency seeking to improve market quality by altering rules for trading companies with market caps of $5B or less.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 26, 2014
Warren Buffett's tax fairness doublespeak

In today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, Warren Buffett's fails to put his money where his mouth is, Canada finds a sensible way to stop corporate inversions, the Fed pushes rate-hike rumors out to the end of next year, and more.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 23, 2014
Delaware: The Sue-Me State for shareholders

In the past year or so, more than 30 major companies have quietly amended their bylaws to say Delaware courts are the only place where shareholders can file lawsuits alleging misdeeds by corporations, their managers or directors.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 23, 2014
New ETF tracks the billionaire dream team

The exchange-traded fund tracks the stock holdings of some of the richest and most successful investors, such as Warren Buffett, David Einhorn and Carl Icahn. Is it worth a look?

INVESTING RIAS AUG 22, 2014
The Fed should raise rates, but it won't

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The Fed should raise rates but... Plus: Financial advisers turn to options investing; the French government calls it quits; the SEC goes after asset-backed bonds; another Obamacare surprise; and what is really the most important meal of the day

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 21, 2014
Are you prepared for the next bear market?

The bull hasn't finished running but the time is now for investors to get their minds around its impending end.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 19, 2014
Investors jump on the low-volatility bandwagon

For <i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Investors jump on the low-volatility bandwagon. Plus: A market fueled by bad news; B of A's big mortgage settlement' Countrywide exec finally heads to court; and how companies miss the mark with stock options.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 19, 2014
Greenback rallies ahead of the Fed minutes

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The dollar rallies ahead of Fed news. Plus: Stocks historically love the Fed's Jackson Hole meeting; Argentina's latest gambit; insurance companies create new asset management opportunities; and regretting not buying Google at the IPO.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 19, 2014
El-Erian: Why are bonds and stocks acting strangely?

Over the last week, prices of all kinds of assets, from safe government bonds to risky stocks, rose together. What gives?

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 18, 2014
Who's risk averse? Not Millennials

Concern that the future of the federal safety net for seniors is precarious and the ubiquity of 401(k)s are prompting those born from 1979 to 1996 to get an earlier start on saving than prior generations, And they're ending up in stocks.

INVESTING RIAS AUG 15, 2014
BofA settlement comes back to bite homeowners

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: BofA settlement bites homeowners. Plus: Warren Buffett feels compliance pain; a mortgage shop tries financial advice; fewer stocks participating in the bull market run; and stocks that could benefit from the ALS ice-bucket challenge.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 15, 2014
Barclays rains on the equity market parade

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Barclays warns on stocks. Plus: Gold finds some safe-haven love; how the Fed is off target; Argentina uses social media to attack creditors; Nasdaq's version of d&eacute;j&agrave; vu; and what people buy when money is no object.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 15, 2014
Fed watchers are spinning over Janet Yellen's mixed messages

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> brings you up to speed on reactions to Janet Yellen's mixed messages on the U.S. job market, gold's surge, and Russian mutual funds' fall.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 15, 2014
Time is ripe for unconstrained bond funds

Advisers warned to do their homework, however, as funds can be complicated.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 14, 2014
As markets teeter, a new way to protect client investment gains

Portfolio protection that also provides constant market exposure.

INVESTING RIAS AUG 12, 2014
What last week's junk bond selloff means for stocks

Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> looks at the impact of the junk bond selloff, Morningstar's approach to nontraditional bond funds, how higher rates will ripple across the economy, and much more.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 12, 2014
Jeffrey Gundlach's bold bet on interest rates is paying off

DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund gains assets on unconventional strategy; competitors falter.

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 10, 2014
Catching the next technology wave

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 07, 2014
How to help clients take on the right amount of risk

Careful attention to portfolio construction can keep your clients from making financial decisions driven by emotional reactions.