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Hospital stocks ride a wave of potential insurance subsidies
EQUITIES MAR 04, 2015
Hospital stocks ride a wave of potential insurance subsidies

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Hospital-stock rally sparked by high court's Obamacare debate. Plus: The dollar continues to soar; how to follow the big money; and bailing out college debt is a bad investment.

What Obama's attempt to tax 529 plans says about the safety of Roth IRA assets
RIAS MAR 04, 2015
What Obama's attempt to tax 529 plans says about the safety of Roth IRA assets

Changes could spark revolt, but 'when Congress needs dollars, they're going to get them,' one adviser says.

EQUITIES MAR 04, 2015
What investors might be missing in the big picture

Everyone knows what inflation is, but deflation is another story. What questions should investors be asking?

EQUITIES MAR 03, 2015
Oil-price slide is starting to get scary

<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

Gross' fund at Janus Capital suffers net redemptions as performance trails
FIXED INCOME MAR 03, 2015
Gross' fund at Janus Capital suffers net redemptions as performance trails

February marks first month of outflows since bond manager joined firm

Keys to building, or re-building, your bond portfolios
FIXED INCOME MAR 03, 2015
Keys to building, or re-building, your bond portfolios

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.

Cash-heavy mutual funds take downside protection to the extreme
EQUITIES MAR 03, 2015
Cash-heavy mutual funds take downside protection to the extreme

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Some funds using cash for protection. Lots of it. Plus: Adviser charged with stealing $1.3M from widows and church friends, up from the ashes arises a new subprime giant, and Wall Street courts millennials.

EQUITIES MAR 03, 2015
Advisers slow to embrace socially responsible investments sought by clients

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=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20150301/IMPACTINVEST&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>Our full Impact Investing special report</a>)</b></i>

Bill Gross a victim of the plunge in oil prices
ALTERNATIVES MAR 03, 2015
Bill Gross a victim of the plunge in oil prices

Manager's $1.46 billion fund at Janus hit by investments in debt issued by U.S., Russian and Brazilian energy companies.

BlackRock adds fuel to smart beta debate in push for exotic bond strategies
ETFS MAR 03, 2015
BlackRock adds fuel to smart beta debate in push for exotic bond strategies

Money manager set to launch new strategy as &#8220;smart&#8221; way to dodge investment risks as rates rise.

Will European easing sideline a Fed rate hike?
RIAS MAR 03, 2015
Will European easing sideline a Fed rate hike?

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.

EQUITIES MAR 03, 2015
Coming off a big year, Janus files for exotic ETFs

Move launches competition with Goldman Sachs in alternative space

Most investors still don't own ETFs: study
ETFS MAR 02, 2015
Most investors still don't own ETFs: study

Low usage reflects widespread lack of familiarity with the investments.

How Warren Buffett's $1 billion prize for a perfect NCAA bracket went bust
EQUITIES MAR 02, 2015
How Warren Buffett's $1 billion prize for a perfect NCAA bracket went bust

Plus: Learn from the U.S. and invest in Europe, Carly Fiorina chides Hillary Clinton over email excuses, and St. Patrick's Day, American-style

ARCP names new CEO
ALTERNATIVES MAR 02, 2015
ARCP names new CEO

EQUITIES MAR 02, 2015
Fresh rate-hike rumors will be testing investor nerves this week

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Investors' nerves tested by rate hike talk this week. Plus: Most of the world's major oil projects are doing just fine at current price levels, retirement savings in a nutshell, and the chokehold of consumer debt.

Is biotech the next bubble?
EQUITIES MAR 02, 2015
Is biotech the next bubble?

Since 2011, money has flowed almost nonstop into the industry as investors buy into the promise of new drugs. Signs are increasingly pointing toward an end to the boom.

RCS Capital Corp. suffers big revenue hit in fourth quarter
ALTERNATIVES MAR 02, 2015
RCS Capital Corp. suffers big revenue hit in fourth quarter

Fallout from ARCP hurt wholesaling unit but executives remain confident in recovery.

EQUITIES MAR 01, 2015
Go where the NBA finals go: Cleveland and Oakland looking better as investment destination

Is there Examining the correlation between success in professional basketball and the economic performance and cultural dominance of particular cities.

ESG MAR 01, 2015
Catch the impact investing wave now

It's surprising that most advisers remain agnostic about impact investing, even while client demand grows.