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INVESTING FIXED INCOME JAN 07, 2016
George Soros pulls $500 million investment from Bill Gross fund

Redemption marks setback for the Janus fund manager, whose fund is down 1.2% this year.

INVESTING FIXED INCOME JAN 06, 2016
The Fed shows its hawkish side

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The market is expecting two small hikes, but the Federal Reserve is suggesting that four rate hikes might be on the table in 2016.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 06, 2016
Pimco's flagship fund finds December net inflows, thanks to some clever math

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Clever calculating that counted capital gains reinvestments as inflows gave Pimco's flagship fund its first month of inflows since April 2013.

U.S. stocks plummet after China selloff
INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS JAN 06, 2016
U.S. stocks plummet after China selloff

Amid triple-digit plunge, financial advisers fear volatility is the new norm.

ETF options juggernaut marches on amid market turmoil
INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 04, 2016
ETF options juggernaut marches on amid market turmoil

As investors rush to protect their portfolios in a tumultuous start to the year, odds are they will be using options on exchange-traded funds to do it.

INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 04, 2016
No point in comparing Bill Gross' performance at Janus to what he did at Pimco

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> While it might be tempting to pit the Bond King's new Janus fund against the Pimco Total Return Fund, they are different animals.

Puerto Rico to default on $37M bond payments due Jan. 1
INVESTING FIXED INCOME JAN 04, 2016
Puerto Rico to default on $37M bond payments due Jan. 1

The $357 million of interest due on general-obligation debt will be paid, as the island seeks to restructure a $70 billion debt burden.

INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 04, 2016
Economic forecasters predict market volatility in 2016

Plus: The Fed's rate hike isn't likely to be enough to derail corporate America's borrowing binge.

INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 30, 2015
The junk-bond correction is not the next financial crisis

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Why those claiming the junk bond market looks just like the start of the 2008 financial crisis are wrong.

What we'll remember about the markets in 2015
INVESTING RIAS DEC 30, 2015
What we'll remember about the markets in 2015

Some highs and lows, swings and misses

The bullish outlook for 2016
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 23, 2015
The bullish outlook for 2016

Plus: Most consumers are optimistic about improved household finances next year, embracing a contrarian investing strategy, and what the Dow was like in the beginning

The power of infrastructure investing in uncertain markets
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES DEC 21, 2015
The power of infrastructure investing in uncertain markets

Good infrastructure products are unlikely to wildly outperform equities, but they're also unlikely to create serious losses

'Smart beta' tops the list of 2015 financial-term searches
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES DEC 21, 2015
'Smart beta' tops the list of 2015 financial-term searches

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Smart beta was the top financial search term on Investopedia in 2015, and for good reason.

Hedge funds post worst quarter since 2008 crisis
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 21, 2015
Hedge funds post worst quarter since 2008 crisis

Hedge-fund assets contracted by $95 billion to $2.87 trillion during third quarter amid a surge of fund closures.

BlackRock CEO Fink gives Yellen high marks
INVESTING FIXED INCOME DEC 21, 2015
BlackRock CEO Fink gives Yellen high marks

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink gives Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen rave reviews for her speech following the Fed's move to raise interest rates.

INVESTING FIXED INCOME DEC 20, 2015
The danger of reaching for yield

Three lessons for advisers from the closing of the Third Avenue Focused Credit Fund.

INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 19, 2015
Wall Street volatility may bend, not break, U.S. growth

Turmoil in financial markets may slow the U.S. economic expansion. But it probably won't kill it.

Rough week doesn't derail the outlook for ETFs
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 18, 2015
Rough week doesn't derail the outlook for ETFs

Cerulli sees ETF assets more than doubling to $6T by 2020

SEC allows Third Avenue to temporarily freeze redemptions
INVESTING FIXED INCOME DEC 18, 2015
SEC allows Third Avenue to temporarily freeze redemptions

Third Avenue Management LLC received approval from U.S. regulators to temporarily suspend redemptions from its $788.5 million high-yield bond fund.

Third Avenue fund collapse may be 'much bigger problem' for bond ETFs
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 18, 2015
Third Avenue fund collapse may be 'much bigger problem' for bond ETFs

Fund closure could put the spotlight on fixed-income ETFs, which are vulnerable because they are more liquid than their underlying assets.