Plus: Fed taper could hit savers hard, new scrutiny on company stock in K plans, the stocks hedge funds love and Consumer Report's annual "naughty and nice" list. All in today's Breakfast with Benjamin.
One tech guru says the value and promise of bitcoin can completely revolutionize the global economy and has the potential to bypass banks altogether.
What's <i>InvestmentNews</i> senior columnist Jeff Benjamin reading this morning? Whether your clients need long-term care insurance, hedge funds loading up on GM stock, Greenspan calls Bitcoin a bubble, JPMorgan confirms cardholders were hacked and Britain gets bullish. Breakfast with Benjamin is served.
Ventura Wealth Management's strategy analyzes 40 different asset classes as part of an ongoing asset-rotation technique designed to emphasize the potential of the top five asset classes.
With huge balance sheets to manage, central banks diversify away from bonds, buy gold. What can advisers learn from the Ben Bernankes of the world?
Investors pumped $8.9 billion into money-market mutual funds on Thursday, the first day of deposits in more than two weeks, as an agreement by lawmakers in Washington averted a government default.
How to find undervalued stocks in a bull market. Plus, Bitcoin (yes, Bitcoin) gets legit; big investors licking their chops at BofA $8.5B settlement proposal; some good news for Madoff victims; and welcome back cap gain distributions. Curated by <i>InvestmentNews</i> senior columnist Jeff Benjamin.
Filtering out the nonsense in a month's worth of financial polls to uncover the most striking findings, providing some insight into the minds of investors.
Joe Duran offers three simple ways to make volatility your ally by preparing clients now for the next big market drop. They'll thank you later.
This year's big stock market gains are forcing advisers to think about how to help their clients contend with a potentially stiff capital gains tax bite from mutual fund distributions.
Recent history shows why and how diversification and active strategies not only work but are necessary.
Few follow Warren Buffett's maxim &mdash; “Put all of your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket” &mdash as diligently as Scott Moore. A high concentration of stocks should make investing more volatile but since November 2008, he's beaten the market.
Finance chiefs from nations holding more than $1.3 trillion of Treasuries signaled no plans to sell even as the U.S. faced condemnation for the fiscal fight plaguing the world's largest economy.
"Challenging" market environment leads to slightly lower price for ARC IV.
It's still hard to find income in today's markets. So where is BlackRock's multiasset income honcho Michael Fredericks looking? Jason Kephart finds out.
Here's one way to use the drop in bond prices and the rise in other assets to your tax advantage. Caution: it's not for every investor.
Most respondents to a Natixis survey said they use alternatives sparingly and stick to strategies that can be explained to clients more easily.
