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ETFS JAN 21, 2014
Best- and worst-performing ETFs

ALTERNATIVES JAN 21, 2014
Would you pay 8% in fees for an illiquid alternatives fund?

The fees with Blackstone Group's nontraded fund of hedge funds make 2 and 20 not so bad. Are the returns strong enough to justify the stiff cost structure?

FIXED INCOME JAN 21, 2014
Taper target: $10B each over next seven Fed meetings

Economists say initial cut sets the mold as Bernanke emphasizes flexibility.

FIXED INCOME JAN 21, 2014
Fed cuts QE pace to $75B on labor market outlook

Long-awaited first step in program to cut back monthly purchases to support recovery

FIXED INCOME JAN 21, 2014
Don't fear the taper: Bonds indicate no rate boost 'til 2015

From futures to derivatives, traders don't see the Federal Reserve raising its benchmark interest rate from a record low until nine months after policymakers end their monthly bond purchases of $85 billion, or late 2015.

EMERGING MARKETS JAN 18, 2014
Emerging-markets risk shattering into BIITS

Private capital flows into emerging markets forecast to drop $153B to $1.1T in 2013.

EQUITIES JAN 16, 2014
Janus shares dropped most in 15 months in 4Q on investor withdrawals

Subpar performance prompted investors to pull money for the 18th consecutive quarter.

ETFS JAN 16, 2014
BlackRock profit surges as investors deposit $40B

CEO Laurence D. Fink said BlackRock has the potential to increase its asset base by about 5% annually by developing new ETFs and expanding its reach among individual investors.

EQUITIES JAN 16, 2014
BlackRock puts the brakes on market-moving analyst sentiment reports

Today's Breakfast with Benjamin features BlackRock's settlement with the N.Y. attorney general. Plus: Stock futures looking up, activist hedge funds rock, a look at 4Q earnings, the myth of cybersecurity, retirement mistakes to avoid and the upside of office relationships.

ALTERNATIVES JAN 16, 2014
Blackstone preps nontraded real estate fund for the fee-only crowd

Fund comes with no sales load but 12(b)-1 fee, performance fee and expense ratio.

Beyond black box investing: Fund uses database four times the size of Wikipedia
ALTERNATIVES JAN 16, 2014
Beyond black box investing: Fund uses database four times the size of Wikipedia

The BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund is a computer nerd's dream and, with its ability to zig when the rest of the market zags, a potentially valuable addition to a portfolio.

ALTERNATIVES JAN 16, 2014
Nicholas Schorsch entering oil and gas business through a limited partnership

Real estate investor is joining forces with Chesapeake Energy's former CEO to raise up to $2B.

ALTERNATIVES JAN 16, 2014
Nontraded Schorsch REIT soon to list on public exchange

The $1.7 billion American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust Inc., headed by REIT mogul Nicholas Schorsch, will list its common stock on a national stock exchange in one of the first of what one analyst expects to be up to $20 billion of liquidity events of nontraded REITs over the next two years.

In a class by himself, Fidelity fund manager William Danoff keeps performance humming
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 15, 2014
In a class by himself, Fidelity fund manager William Danoff keeps performance humming

Contrafund manager tops S&P 500 (and his peers) over just about every time period.

FIXED INCOME JAN 15, 2014
Boosted by equity rally, pensions buy bonds to take risk off the table

“It's a very large source of demand” from the pension funds, said Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive officer of DoubleLine Capital LP.

BROKER DEALERS JAN 15, 2014
Edward Jones makes unexpected leap into proprietary products

Edward Jones is launching a proprietary fund. The bigger question is why?

ALTERNATIVES JAN 15, 2014
Blackstone partners with Fidelity on new alt-focused mutual fund

EQUITIES JAN 14, 2014
What to expect from the Davos World Economic Forum

Today: What to expect from Davos ... but remember how Davos big-thinkers whiffed last year. Also: Time to worry about deflation again, hedge funds go for the gold, a Super Bowl market indicator, and Happy MLK Day.

MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 14, 2014
Lord Abbett slashes commissions on multiasset funds

Fees eliminated altogether for large accounts as part of a rebranding of the funds to make them more attractive to advisers.

FIXED INCOME JAN 14, 2014
Gridlock is good for municipal bond investors

Elimination of the tax break is unlikely amid Washington political divide.