<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Equity investors brace for insight from Janet Yellen and the Fed today. Plus: ETFs chase the freed-up Pimco assets, breaking down the bond market fears, Morgan Stanley says the auto industry's days are numbered, and Warren Buffett makes another safe bet.
While some financial professionals say Bill Gross' exit is the final straw, and others exited long ago — some are staying put.
Lack of liquidity in less-traded corners of the market is the big issue
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.
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.
In an already rough year, exit of the Bond King could lead to more funds flowing out.
As new CIO, longtime Pimco manager will have to fill the shoes of an investing legend at a difficult time. <i>Plus:</i> <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140926/FREE/140929928/advisers-blindsided-by-gross-departure-as-pimco-faces-rebuilding" target="_blank">Advisers 'blindsided' by Gross departure as Pimco faces rebuilding</a>
A timeline of the tumultuous 2014 for Gross and Pimco
$3.6B ETF is reportedly is being investigated over whether it artificially inflated asset prices to boost returns.
Regulator reportedly questions whether fund company artificially boosted returns in its big fixed-income ETF by relying on lofty valuations; smaller firms could be at risk.
Less transparency for new products seems in conflict with the SEC's interest in increased disclosure of mutual fund holdings.
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.
Major index provider armors up for adviser interest in 'ETF alchemy.'
Now executive chairman of European ETF firm, he calls the industry “rather stale”
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
Wary advisers are taking a closer look at F-Squared Investments, the largest manager of exchange-traded-fund portfolios, which is under investigation for misrepresenting past returns.
The industry blames transparency concerns for a lack of active ETFs, but others aren't so sure
iShares fund closures suggests ETFs have a long way to go before they achieve a place in retirement plans.
Loomis Sayles bond fund manager says the firm is “as cautious as we've ever been”
