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Simple due diligence rules for investing in alternatives
ALTERNATIVES JAN 06, 2015
Simple due diligence rules for investing in alternatives

Answers to three big questions when investigating nontraded REITs, BDCs are key before investing client assets

Global markets fixate on China's currency play
EQUITIES JAN 06, 2015
Global markets fixate on China's currency play

In today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, markets wonder if the Chinese yuan is the next shoe to drop. Plus: Notes on the default risk rising in China's dollar-denominated debt, President Obama's latest tax grab, and rolling 401(k) assets into a pension plan.

iShares says not so fast on passive investing winning the day
EQUITIES JAN 06, 2015
iShares says not so fast on passive investing winning the day

iShares manager says money from active managers was primary driver of record 2014.

RIAS JAN 06, 2015
Wilshire rolls out BDC index, setting the stage for investible versions

Index will mainly act as a benchmark for the universe of six dozen individual BDCs until an investible version is created.

Bond fund managers bravely approach beaten down energy debt
EQUITIES JAN 06, 2015
Bond fund managers bravely approach beaten down energy debt

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, brave bond fund managers are starting to gobble up the debt from beaten down energy companies. Plus: Home prices are being held down by oil, top 401(k) plan trends, and what the IPO market looks like for 2015.

$6.3B money manager looking for bargains in oil, European industrials
EQUITIES JAN 06, 2015
$6.3B money manager looking for bargains in oil, European industrials

At a time when U.S. stocks are beating the rest of the world, Sarah Ketterer mostly invests overseas. And at a time when index funds and exchange-traded funds are ascendant, she invests the old-fashioned way: She scouts for well-run companies and buys them when they look cheap.

Pimco Total Return suffers worst year for redemptions, with Gross, El-Erian departures
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 06, 2015
Pimco Total Return suffers worst year for redemptions, with Gross, El-Erian departures

Investors pull $105 billion, bringing assets to 2008 levels, but withdrawals slow in fourth quarter.

FIXED INCOME JAN 06, 2015
Wall Street expecting bad year for bonds with Fed's Yellen poised to raise interest rates

Just about everyone's bearish. But nearly every forecaster was caught off guard in 2014 as Treasuries posted the biggest returns since 2011 even as Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve ended the historic bond-buying program.

EQUITIES JAN 06, 2015
As hot as liquid alts are, most can't compete against the bull market

'The only thing that's working right now is the S&amp;P'

ALTERNATIVES JAN 06, 2015
Citigroup slaps 'buy' rating on RCAP as Moody's lowers ARCP debt to junk status

'Upside outweighs downside,' according to RCAP analyst; debt downgrade result of resignations

EQUITIES JAN 05, 2015
The best- and worst-performing target date funds

The latest data on target date funds through the fourth quarter of 2014, including a look at how J.P. Morgan has thrived in the space.

Bears absent in stock market rally, raising some worries
EQUITIES JAN 05, 2015
Bears absent in stock market rally, raising some worries

Analysts, unanimously bullish, on average expecting another 166-point advance in the S&amp;P 500 this year, according to Bloomberg.

Debunking the January effect
EQUITIES JAN 05, 2015
Debunking the January effect

'As goes January, so goes the year' sounds good but isn't very actionable.

Inflation may stay low this year but that won't keep Fed from raising rates
FIXED INCOME JAN 05, 2015
Inflation may stay low this year but that won't keep Fed from raising rates

Economists say that although prices will remain under control, the Federal Reserve will lift interest rates this year. The consensus is that a hike could come as early as June but perhaps be delayed until September.

EQUITIES JAN 05, 2015
Malkiel on investment opportunities, financial advice and robos

The author of 'A Random Walk Down Wall Street' talks about investing in today's world, the financial advice business and robos.

EQUITIES JAN 05, 2015
Finra fines Wall Street banks $43.5M for pushing analysts on IPOs

Regulator fines 10 banks for total of $43.5 million for promising positive analyst coverage after initial public offering.

Former SEC enforcement head Robert Khuzami to defend ex-ARCP chief David Kay
ALTERNATIVES JAN 04, 2015
Former SEC enforcement head Robert Khuzami to defend ex-ARCP chief David Kay

Mr. Khuzami, who is now a partner at Kirkland &amp; Ellis, has signed on as Mr. Kay's attorney in the defense of a complaint filed in December.

ALTERNATIVES JAN 04, 2015
Nicholas Schorsch's REIT empire is under siege

A blockbuster lawsuit alleging misconduct by Nicholas Schorsch is one of many issues confronting his vast real estate empire.

EQUITIES DEC 31, 2014
Are the equity markets running out of energy?

Opportunity knocks for patient investors, but 2015 gains won't be as sharp as this year's.

EMERGING MARKETS DEC 31, 2014
SEC penalizes 13 firms for improper sales of Puerto Rican bonds

The SEC cracks down on financial firms, including Schwab, J.P. Morgan Securities, Lebenthal, Oppenheimer, TD Ameritrade, UBS and Wedbush for selling risky debt beneath the minimum allotment of $100,000 for a single transaction.