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INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 08, 2014
Investors bracing for a wild second half of 2014

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Buckling up for a rocky second half. Plus: Companies tweak bylaws to tamp down shareholder lawsuits, Morningstar settles software piracy case, JPMorgan embraces smart-beta investing, and buying beer stocks when it's hot outside.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 08, 2014
High-frequency trading runs over a rigged market: Barry Ritholtz

On &quot;60 Minutes,&quot; author Michael Lewis made a bland assertion: High-frequency traders, he said, working with U.S. stock exchanges and big banks, have rigged the markets in their own favor. The only surprising thing about Lewis's charge was that anyone could be even remotely surprised by it.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 01, 2014
The value of Twitter

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The (awesome) value of Twitter. Plus: J.D. Power's annual survey of advisers' job satisfaction, mid-year stock review, yes, ETF cost matters, bringing back volatility, and a car maker returns.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 01, 2014
The Fed views inflation through rose-colored glasses

On Wednesday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: The Fed dons rose-colored glasses. Plus: Junk bond yields get scary low, commodity hedge funds fall out of favor, what you need to know about stock buyback ETFs, and the inequality mob is driving the rich to hoard cash

INVESTING ETFS JUN 27, 2014
LSE Group in $2.7 billion deal for Russell Investments

Agreement creates a titan in ETF indexes and gives Russell fund business a new owner.

INVESTING ETFS JUN 26, 2014
This ETF is rated R

While there's no real evidence that ETFs pose a systemic risk, they can hold some pretty exotic stuff. Perhaps the unique dangers of some ETFs should be flagged more prominently. How about a movie-rating-style approach?

INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 19, 2014
Potholes litter road to ETF investment by DC plans

Even as the technical barriers are eclipsed, doubts remain over cost and utility.

INVESTING FINTECH JUN 16, 2014
Covestor announces 0% management fee on ETF portfolios

Passively managed portfolios of low-cost ETFs for 'core' portion of an investor's holdings.

INVESTING ETFS JUN 16, 2014
Gundlach to manage active ETF from State Street

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical exchange-traded fund to compete with Bill Gross' Total Return ETF.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 16, 2014
Why REITs are looking like the year's hottest market sector

Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> looks at what's propelling REITs into their position as the year's hottest market sector, plus emerging market stocks' record month, Japan's inflation woes, and much more.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 10, 2014
Bill Gross bets on shorter-term bonds in a controversial 'new neutral' strategy

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Bill Gross' controversial new strategy. Plus: BlackRock CEO Fink calls out leveraged ETFs, nobody can agree on the gold-price decline, dealing with lump-sum pension offers, a solar company that makes sense, and the various forms of a caffeine addict.

INVESTING ETFS JUN 10, 2014
Bond ETFs posted a good start to 2014, though March showed its lion's side

Surprising comments by Fed chief Janet Yellen on rate hikes gave bond markets a bad scare.

INVESTING ETFS JUN 07, 2014
Face value: Look inside iShares' expanded core series

The expansion of iShares Core brings down expense ratios but doesn't eliminate the need for solid due diligence.

INVESTING ETFS JUN 07, 2014
Be careful with leveraged ETFs

Investors considering using ETFs that seek to magnify return of a given index need to understand the risks, says S&amp;P Capital IQ's Todd Rosenbluth.

INVESTING FINTECH MAY 28, 2014
Rout in social media stocks crushing ETFs

The falloff in social media stocks is burning investors who piled into one of last year's most popular exchange-traded funds.

INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 22, 2014
Ukraine's new resistance to Russia draws attention back to the macroeconomic fallout

<i>Friday's menu:</i> Ukraine heats up and fund winners and losers come into focus. Plus: Fed-speak clarity: an oxymoron? Bank loan funds fall victim to Fed policy, Obamacare drags us back to the 1950s and banks square off with Big Labor in Vegas.

INVESTING ETFS MAY 08, 2014
Supreme Court may weigh in on iShares case

ETF investors say BlackRock keeps too much of the proceeds from securities-lending business.

INVESTING RIAS MAY 07, 2014
F-Squared pays $35 million to settle claims it misled investors

SEC says company overstated performance of its flagship ETF over a seven-year period, and it charged the former CEO for making false and misleading statements.

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.