<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Franklin Templeton and BlackRock are each making the case for a move into emerging market debt.
An odd thing happened on the way to last year's credit selloff: The market for risky debt broke into pieces, with some pieces becoming toxic and others remaining relatively in favor.
Most fund managers want to stay fully invested.
Help keep clients invested for the long term, allaying real fears that their money &mdash; and dreams &mdash; may disappear.
Steps advisers can take to avoid getting hurt by the fund giant's rise in the planning space.
Some very well-known mutual fund managers are having years that they probably would rather forget.
Francis Chou returns fees to money-losing Opportunity Fund
The world's biggest money manager is warning bond investors they're not prepared for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> When it comes to mutual funds, it's important to understand the difference between tax efficiency and after-tax returns.
But for all their charm, ETFs are an increasing concern to regulators
Advisers should assess multifactor ETF options with the due diligence they would apply to an active mutual fund manager.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The collapse of alternative investments platform Aequitas Capital Management continues to unfold, while investors and advisers are kept in the dark.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> In case you've forgotten, the junk-bond market is still in shambles.
Dislocation among sectors, industries and securities, creates the perfect environment for alternative strategies.
How are these funds performing? At first blush, not that badly
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The lessons that were learned from the August 24th flash crash.
In SEC filing, Texas REIT United Development Funding IV claims a smear campaign has been mounted to drive down the price of its stock.
You may think you're a contrarian &mdash; a fearless thinker who goes against the herd on the Street. But it's much harder being one than you might think. At least, that's the message from the few stock funds that carry the word “contrarian” in their names.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Renewed strength for oil and some candid comments from the Fed stoke the biggest three-day gain since August.
Investors should brace for a tough year in U.S. equities as a presidential race dominated by political outsiders will only compound market anxiety over slumping oil and a slowing global economy, according to Wells Fargo & Co.
