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Deutsche Bank say the Fed should not raise rates
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 16, 2015
Deutsche Bank say the Fed should not raise rates

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Deutsche Bank lays out seven reasons why the Fed won't raise rates next week.

Federal Reserve interest rate hike unlikely to roil financial markets
INVESTING FIXED INCOME SEP 16, 2015
Federal Reserve interest rate hike unlikely to roil financial markets

Janet Yellen has the fixed-income market just where she wants it: ripe for the first increase in U.S. interest rates since 2006.

Franklin Templeton posts worst fund outflows in decades
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 15, 2015
Franklin Templeton posts worst fund outflows in decades

Bold bets, market fears have investors heading for the exits despite longer-term outperformance.

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 14, 2015
A bucket strategy for retirement

<b>Breakfast with Benjamin:</b> Here's a new way to think about building a portfolio for your retired clients using the old bucket strategy. Three buckets for three timeframes

Goldman Sachs warning as Treasuries seesaw: Markets are unprepared for Fed's interest-rate decision
INVESTING FIXED INCOME SEP 10, 2015
Goldman Sachs warning as Treasuries seesaw: Markets are unprepared for Fed's interest-rate decision

Treasuries rebound after tumbling Tuesday amid Fed debate, while BMO's Collins wonders 'Are we in the eye of the storm right now?'

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 10, 2015
It's decision week for Federal Reserve: Will they raise rates?

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Do Janet Yellen and her partners on the Federal Reserve Board know what they're going to do with interest rates?

The futures market still isn't buying into a Fed rate hike
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 10, 2015
The futures market still isn't buying into a Fed rate hike

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Economists are leaning toward a rate hike, but the futures market begs to differ.

INVESTING ETFS SEP 10, 2015
Vanguard, once thwarted, launches a muni-bond rival to BlackRock's iShares

A first for the mutual fund industry, and the cheapest offering in ETFs, an analyst says.

DoubleLine's Gundlach outperforms Loomis' Fuss and Janus' Gross in recent market rout
INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS SEP 10, 2015
DoubleLine's Gundlach outperforms Loomis' Fuss and Janus' Gross in recent market rout

Jeffrey Gundlach's $48.2 billion DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund returned 0.7% over the past month while his peers showed losses.

Muni bonds are poised to shine as rates move higher
INVESTING ETFS SEP 10, 2015
Muni bonds are poised to shine as rates move higher

Tax-exempt category is actually benefiting from the dark cloud hanging over it.

INVESTING FIXED INCOME SEP 09, 2015
OppenheimerFunds says Puerto Rico can pay its debts; governor says no

Puerto Rico's governor says the island's $72 billion debt load is too big to pay. OppenheimerFunds, the largest mutual-fund holder of the bonds, disagrees.

Risk parity: The real culprit behind the market's madness
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 08, 2015
Risk parity: The real culprit behind the market's madness

Stocks have been murdered, and China seems to have been caught red-handed. But some financial luminaries are pointing to a surprising defendant: the risk-parity strategy pioneered by hedge fund manager Ray Dalio. Who's guilty?

Advisers scramble to head off sticker shock from clients over ugly August account statements
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 08, 2015
Advisers scramble to head off sticker shock from clients over ugly August account statements

As stocks continue to slide, advisers scramble to head off sticker shock from clients over ugly August account statements.

Pimco minus Bill Gross equals outflows
INVESTING RIAS SEP 04, 2015
Pimco minus Bill Gross equals outflows

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Pimco finds itself in choppy waters without Bill Gross at the helm.

The next REIT privatization wave is underway
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 04, 2015
The next REIT privatization wave is underway

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The swelling gap between public and private valuations is making REITs a sweet target.

Federal Reserve may wait a long time for second rate hike
INVESTING FIXED INCOME SEP 04, 2015
Federal Reserve may wait a long time for second rate hike

Bill Gross says if the Fed raises interest rates this month, policy makers are increasingly likely to wait at least six months before a second hike. Market measures indicate the wait may be twice that long.

Wild market ride creating entry points for long-term investors
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 03, 2015
Wild market ride creating entry points for long-term investors

The stock market roller-coaster ride showed some signs of relative calm Wednesday, but not all market watchers are ready to claim the worst is over.

Puerto Rico outlines plan to clear higher debt-restructuring hurdles
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 02, 2015
Puerto Rico outlines plan to clear higher debt-restructuring hurdles

BlackRock says commonwealth is facing a 'real solvency issue' as the risk of additional debt defaults increases.

Pension giant CalSTRS ponders dumping $20B in stocks and bonds in favor of alt strategies
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 02, 2015
Pension giant CalSTRS ponders dumping $20B in stocks and bonds in favor of alt strategies

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: CalSTRS, the country's second-largest pension fund, considers moving $20 billion out of traditional investments and into alternatives.

Advisers who fled Pimco Total Return pay a price in 2015
INVESTING FIXED INCOME SEP 02, 2015
Advisers who fled Pimco Total Return pay a price in 2015

Funds that won money from Pimco lag Bill Gross' replacements this year, but advisers say it will take more than a few months of outperformance to win back their business.