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INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 02, 2016
When it comes to asset management, look for experience

Plus: Breaking the active management habit, the active-passive research conundrum, and recalculating retirement savings calculators

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 28, 2016
Rob Arnott says cheesy copy cats are hurting smart beta investing

Plus: Gold is investing in monetary chaos, corporate bonds fly off the shelves, and more fuzzy employment math

Jeffrey Gundlach reaches for bond king crown as DoubleLine's active ETF closes in on Pimco
INVESTING ETFS JUL 27, 2016
Jeffrey Gundlach reaches for bond king crown as DoubleLine's active ETF closes in on Pimco

Better performance and State Street's distribution muscle are key success factors.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 25, 2016
REIT ETFs trouncing stocks thanks to low interest rates and flight to passive investing

Real estate-focused exchange traded funds attracted $1.5 billion in new money in June, followed by $1.3 billion the month before, according to FactSet.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 22, 2016
Investors pour into junk bond ETFs, signaling more upside for stocks

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Investors are flocking to junk bond ETFs, showing another leg of risk-on investing.

Why the DOL fiduciary rule will lead to more ETF innovation
INVESTING OPINION JUL 21, 2016
Why the DOL fiduciary rule will lead to more ETF innovation

Asset managers must expand the depth and breadth of their offerings&#160;to become more relevant and differentiated.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 18, 2016
Goldman says U.S. investors should keep their portfolios local

Plus: Diversification varies when it comes to ETFs, Wall Street starts cutting pay, and the next President will need to figure out how to handle Congress

Trouble ahead? Stock and bond markets sending divergent signals
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 18, 2016
Trouble ahead? Stock and bond markets sending divergent signals

Treasury yields hit the floor while stocks hope for the best.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 15, 2016
Bond market is signaling it's time to sell stocks

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The direction of bond yields does not bode well for the equity markets.

As stock market soars, financial advisers batten down the hatches
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 13, 2016
As stock market soars, financial advisers batten down the hatches

String of negative earnings don't support stock price valuations.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 11, 2016
Japan's stock market rally has investors suddenly looking eastward

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The sudden rally in Japan has some citing a turnaround, riding on the wave of Abenomics.

ETF liquidity a growing point of financial industry contention
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 10, 2016
ETF liquidity a growing point of financial industry contention

Little to indicate the ETF industry is fully prepared for a major rush to the exits by investors.

A hedge fund manager's view of liquid alternative funds
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUN 29, 2016
A hedge fund manager's view of liquid alternative funds

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Liquid alternative strategies are growing up, and that means some growing pains.

INVESTING ETFS JUN 27, 2016
DoubleLine's Jeffrey Gundlach says gold is the place to be

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Jeffrey Gundlach is embracing the safe haven of gold: &quot;Things are shaky and feeling dangerous.&quot;

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 20, 2016
Morningstar brings smart beta into the active-passive debate

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Morningstar reshuffles the deck in the active-passive debate, expanding the framework to fold in strategic beta.

Fear of stock market collapse dictating ETF flows
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 16, 2016
Fear of stock market collapse dictating ETF flows

The Fed has been the biggest variable in driving ETF flows. But for now investors are looking to stock-proof, not Fed-proof, their portfolios.

INVESTING ETFS JUN 15, 2016
Don't let the fickle Fed hamstring your bond portfolio

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> There are ways to protect your bond holdings from the whims of the Federal Reserve.

ETF boon under DOL fiduciary rule won't be universal
INVESTING ETFS JUN 15, 2016
ETF boon under DOL fiduciary rule won't be universal

Some of the more exotic ETF strategies may be difficult to defend as being in a client's best interest.

INVESTING RIAS JUN 09, 2016
The DOL fiduciary rule will forever change financial advice, and the industry has to adapt

The DOL fiduciary rule will forever change financial advice, and the industry now faces the challenge of adapting to the new regulation.

Finra orders Oppenheimer & Co. to pay $2.9M for unsuitable sales of nontraditional ETFs
INVESTING PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 07, 2016
Finra orders Oppenheimer & Co. to pay $2.9M for unsuitable sales of nontraditional ETFs

More than 30,000 non-traditional ETF transactions, totaling approximately $1.7 billion, were carried out by Oppenheimer representatives, according to the regulator.