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INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 12, 2014
Don't worry about rising rates. Or do

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Why interest rates won't rise soon, from N.Y. Fed chief William Dudley. Plus: Why interest rates <i>will</i> rise soon, from another Fed governor, more reasons to expect a stock market correction, the end of the Tea 'party,' and what sets Warren Buffett's favorite bank apart.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 12, 2014
Are women financially conservative or just economically realistic?

They're less willing to take risks with money than men, but they'll ensure the mortgage is paid off.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 11, 2014
Treasury bonds are already reacting to China's proposed market reforms

Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: China moves hit T-bonds. Plus: Navigating a bond portfolio through rising rates, El-Erian says the market outlook is rocky, the price of meat is high and going higher, and math doesn't have to be so darn complicated.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 09, 2014
Week in review: Stocks fall amid tech selloff

Optimism about continued support from the Federal Reserve was not enough to prevent the worst recent decline for the Nasdaq Composite Index. Plus, find out which companies took a beating on first quarter earnings.

INVESTING RIAS MAY 08, 2014
E*Trade alumni launch their next big thing

Stock-trading site Kapitall woos investment-shy millennials with its online 'playground.'

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 08, 2014
Motif users can play portfolio manager and earn royalties

Startup brokerage planning new online platform for advisers.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 07, 2014
Junk-bond investors are jumping ship

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> What's up with junk bond investors? Plus: Four sorry years of Dodd-Frank, ignore the Fed's warnings at your own risk, mathematical excuses for sluggish wage growth, and it's not too late for a mid-year portfolio checkup.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 07, 2014
Weak earnings and the dark cloud of Ukraine continue to weigh on European markets

Plus: Alibaba IPO is on track to break records, what U.S. investors will really get when buying Alibaba shares, Goldman offers a leg up to Steven Cohen, and MSNBC apologizes for poor taste on Cinco de Mayo

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 07, 2014
Robotics and automation: The next megatrend for investors?

Emerging sector has reached a tipping point, presenting many long-term investment opportunities.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 06, 2014
Obama unleashes secret economic weapon on Russia

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu, the latest step the Obama administration is taking to push back against Russia, plus just how much support the Clintons have among Dow Jones Index companies, and much more.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 05, 2014
Time for advisers to get smarter about smart beta strategies

Putting market-cap indexes in perspective.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 05, 2014
Stocks at risk of 11% drop. Starting now.

Stocks will fall 11% starting as soon as this week should some price patterns come true, according to Tom DeMark, the creator of indicators that show turning points in securities.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 04, 2014
The markets are set to open with frayed nerves

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Investors' nerves are fraying and that's not a good thing. Plus: Spiking demand for U.S. Treasuries, dodging corporate taxes, the ABCs of liquid alts, risk-adjusted sector performance, and boning up on your Cinco De Mayo history.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 04, 2014
Gross: Get to 'old normal' and you'll see growth

Appreciating assets will lead to respectable growth rates and a reduction in unemployment, Pimco chief said in monthly outlook.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 03, 2014
New ETF promises income even as rates rise

Exposure to variable-rate preferred stocks offers dividend income stream that moves with rates.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 02, 2014
Yellen takes another stab at offering clarity on Fed policy without jarring the markets

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Can Janet Yellen and her Federal Reserve colleagues avoid roiling the markets? Plus: Visa and MasterCard tighten screws on Russian banks, bond ladders get snubbed by a fan of bond barbells, checking the math on alternative-investment performance, and the momentum-stock nosedive is real.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 02, 2014
Global markets start to realize the risks of Russia's move into Ukraine

<i>Friday's menu:</i> Investors waking up to Putin's Russia risks. Plus: Russia's debt downgraded as Kerry issues another warning; U.S. manufacturing comes back (but housing has not); how about this call: gold to hit $5,000 an ounce; the SEC starts to dissect liquid alt funds; and how sanctions are supposed to work.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 02, 2014
As Ukraine heats up, Obama “tees up” more sanctions, and the market turns a blind eye

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Obama tees up more sanctions. Plus: Financial pros warn against ignoring Ukraine's significance, the housing market is being hurt by basement dwellers, epic Medicare fraud, safe investment bets surprise in 2014, and $1 million saved for retirement is now considered a good start.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 01, 2014
Investors warming up to equities a little late in the game

They're even interested in international stocks, survey finds.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 30, 2014
Sugar-coating the data to downplay retirement-income challenges

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Sugar-coating data to downplay retirement-income challenges. Plus: Simplified Fed-speak, ETFs continue to threaten active management, leveraged-loan fund investors hit the bricks, and there are still undervalued stocks worth considering.