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INVESTING EQUITIES APR 27, 2014
Sell in May and go away?

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Time to sell stocks? Plus: All you need to know about the Fed's policy decision today, lessons from a Texas-size bankruptcy, lingering effects of the polar vortex, a social media darling trips up, and the latest on Rep. Dave Camp's tax reform plan.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 27, 2014
Volatility chiller

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Rate clarity from Janet Yellen and the Fed this week could chill volatility. Plus: Someone doesn't like small caps, <i>IN</i>'s big independent broker-dealer report is out, determining what airline to fly, a new cybersecurity warning and two popes are now saints.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 25, 2014
Information of the macroeconomic kind driving investment strategy

New offering from hedge fund manager AQR seeks to exploit lag between news and market reaction

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 24, 2014
What stocks to buy, if you want to buy stocks

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> What stocks to buy if you're ready to buy stocks. Plus: A different investor reaction to a Netflix price hike; earnings coming fast and furious; when CEOs stop buying back their stock and don't forget Earth Day.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 23, 2014
Investors turn on biotechnology as largest ETF in sector suffers record withdrawals

But analysts divided over longer-term prospects: Some see end of bull market while others see pause.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 22, 2014
No longer able to blame winter weather, economists see real weakness in housing

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The truth of the housing market is about to hit. Plus: A fresh batch of market data to start your week; the rich have gotten richer since the financial crisis; stocks are being called overpriced; and why working for a hedge fund is better than working at your company.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 22, 2014
Bull market intact after “good flat” first quarter, but changes afoot

With the bull market intact after &#8220;good flat&#8221; first quarter, changes are afoot, leading strategists to suggest looking broadly for investment opportunity in the second quarter. Jeff Benjamin explains.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 22, 2014
Panic proves fleeting in February as stocks, bonds climb

Stocks, bonds and commodities rose together in February for the first time in seven months, reversing January's losses. The S&amp;P 500 is at a new all-time high. So who's panicking now?

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 21, 2014
No repeat for stocks this year, Gundlach says

Betting against Treasuries risky, caution needed with funds buying junk bonds, shorting government debt,

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 18, 2014
Vanguard beats BlackRock, taking in most ETF money in 1Q

90% of the assets put in ETFs in quarter went to low-cost provider.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 17, 2014
Consumers left in the loan lurch as big banks still hold off

<i>Friday's menu:</i> Consumers still left in the loan lurch. Plus: Which manager just jumped into the liquid alts pool? Some stocks for a rising-rate cycle; commodities are hot again; European banks ride the wave; and Merrill trims its housing outlook.

INVESTING RIAS APR 16, 2014
Using digital potholes to slow the pace of high-frequency traders

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Fighting technology with technology. Plus: Know your ETF or don't invest, how not to advise clients, a pyramid to financial success, biotech on the rebound, and Russia addresses meat shortage with the Easter turkey

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 15, 2014
Markets brave a presidential-cycle speed bump

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> It's a bad time for stocks, based on the presidential cycle. Plus: The Nasdaq tests correction territory; most money managers think U.S. stocks are pricey (but there is a market they love); a tech ETF for nervous investors; what advisers wish investors knew; and having delicious fun with Cr&egrave;me Eggs.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 15, 2014
Stocks search for direction on a data-rich day

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Which way for stocks on big data day? Plus: The downside of low rates; GM gets some love; Earth Day and earthy companies; the surging price of shrimp makes cheap food, well, less so; and reflection and hope in Boston.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 15, 2014
Stocks have worst week since 2012 as investors fret over valuations

Major stock market indexes wrapped up their worst week since 2012 with more losses on Friday as investor concern over too-high stock prices sent them to the exits. With the S&amp;P 500 erasing its gains for the year and earnings season just starting, is the long-awaited correction at hand?

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 14, 2014
Living with market volatility

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The bull run is not over; neither is the spike in volatility. Plus: The upside of suddenly cheaper stocks, JPMorgan's big miss, mutual fund investors always get creamed, placing speed bumps in front of high-frequency traders and not having Kathleen Sebelius to kick around anymore.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 11, 2014
Investors turn focus to first-quarter earnings

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> All eyes are on earnings. Plus: The SEC discovers high-frequency trading, momentum takes out passive investors, AAA credit ratings becoming extinct, new love for emerging markets, six solid stocks to watch this week, overwhelmed at the IRS, and Switzerland votes for the world's highest minimum wage.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 11, 2014
Staying on the sidelines of the tech sell-off

Tech stocks are off sharply but one technical strategist is advising clients not to buy the dip. Here's why.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 11, 2014
Market stems sell-off but volatility is here to stay

Advisers agree investors need to stay calm and avoid knee-jerk selling.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 11, 2014
Markets are bracing for a rough start to the week

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Why investors are bracing for a rough start to the week. Plus: The SEC hones in on hedge funds, rethinking stock buyback programs, trading stocks on your phone, and using your phone to break bad habits