<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The third quarter was not kind to active fund managers, with two-thirds unable to beat their benchmarks.
Firm has raised $8.1 billion for its seven Bridge Builder funds this year as it moves money from its fee-based platform.
Smart-beta strategies got their latest seal of approval in the form of a $100 million mandate from variable annuity giant Jackson National, which has added the DoubleLine Shiller Enhanced CAPE Fund to its menu of VA investment options.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The biotech stock bloodbath is starting to look like more than just political bluster.
Recent fund performance is leaving higher-profile competitors in the dust.
Janus bond manager says market jolt from hike would be fair trade for long-term health
Current valuations and distribution rates mean long-term investors should take notice
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: If you can believe it, Janet Yellen is still teasing the markets with the idea of rate hike this year.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: A flat return for cash is turning out to be the best bet out there, which should send a message to the Fed and the markets.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: If you thought 2014 was a rough year for mutual fund capital gains taxes, you might want to start adjusting those portfolios to avoid a repeat.
Change in focus away from jobs and inflation could mean increase is off the table until global economies recover.
Risk parity comes under scrutiny for its potential impact as prices slumped. The upshot: Maybe not
New analysis suggests the difference between top and bottom unconstrained funds was Treasury exposure and the effectiveness of the manager's market timing.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The atrophy of the manufacturing sector as commodity prices wane is wreaking havoc on a number of advanced economies.
Plus: Goldman's Cohen says don't chase high-dividend stocks, university endowments become hedge funds, and companies are taking the carbon tax threat seriously
Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan's chief executive officer, said bond prices could move violently when the Federal Reserve raises interest rates rise.
Central bank cites cloud of concern over weakness of the global economy, surging U.S. dollar and sleepy economy, but some advisers said the Fed should have lifted rates.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Janet Yellen's September delay could lead to a December repeat of the taper tantrum.
In a year when its peers lost 15% investing in commodities, DoubleLine wades in with a long-short strategy.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> To hike interest rates or not to hike, and how to avoid the 'Greenspan trap.'
