Betterment's director of behavioral finance and investing says cash isn't a good investment for anything other than the very short term.
Betterment's director of behavioral finance and investing says cash isn't a good investment for anything other than the very short term.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Earnings signal flashing red, sending some investors to the sidelines, Gross sets a timeline, Bernanke wants the president to have more power, ETF investors hedge currencies and chase corporate bonds, and the first-year numbers behind Colorado's legal weed.
Uncertainty about when the central bank will begin to raise interest rates has advisers sticking to their fixed-income guns.
Tuesday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> features an adviser sentenced to 51 months of jail time for stealing from elderly clients. Plus: Bill Gross doesn't see a rate hike till late in the year, the latest bet for oil, and a don't-miss webcast sets the stage for 2015.
Issuance of green bonds hit $36.6 billion last year, more than six times the $6 billion issued in 2012
At a recent BlackRock event, fund manager Rick Rieder told about 100 advisers that he expects interest rates to remain low. The talk was enough to persuade at least one adviser to shift even more client money from Pimco to BlackRock.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The bar will keep rising for banks as mixed stress test results come in for some of the world's largest banks.
Distinguishing between bonds that suffer price declines but no change in quality from those that could suffer permanent damage.
'Abe-enomics' joins quantitative easing with corporate patriotism
Changes could spark revolt, but 'when Congress needs dollars, they're going to get them,' one adviser says.
Everyone knows what inflation is, but deflation is another story. What questions should investors be asking?
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Talk of an oil comeback is fading fast. Plus: Some good news for gold investors, bankers head for greener pastures, and a St. Patty's Day spelling bee
February marks first month of outflows since bond manager joined firm
With talk of interest rates starting to rise, investors may be nervous about investing in fixed income markets. Here's how to help your clients keep things in perspective.
Despite being increasingly in-demand from clients like Bryan Wilson (pictured), advisers have been slow to embrace socially responsible investments. <b><i>(Plus: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20150301/IMPACTINVEST" target="_blank">Our full Impact Investing special report</a>)</b></i>
Manager's $1.46 billion fund at Janus hit by investments in debt issued by U.S., Russian and Brazilian energy companies.
Money manager set to launch new strategy as “smart” way to dodge investment risks as rates rise.
Advisers and experts say 'the Fed really is hamstrung' by European Central Bankers' planned $50-billion-per-month quantitative easing program, meaning they can't raise or lower interest rates in this environment.
Move launches competition with Goldman Sachs in alternative space
