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Goldman pares down liquid alts, presses Morningstar to follow suit
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 17, 2015
Goldman pares down liquid alts, presses Morningstar to follow suit

The key is bringing liquid alts more in line with hedge fund strategies

Wells Fargo, Raymond James, LPL to repay investors more than $30 million for mutual fund overcharges
INVESTING PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 17, 2015
Wells Fargo, Raymond James, LPL to repay investors more than $30 million for mutual fund overcharges

Finra says Wells Fargo, Raymond James and LPL self-reported their failures to waive sales loads for Class A shares for retirement accounts and charities.

Capital Group parent names Armour chairman, replacing Rothenberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 16, 2015
Capital Group parent names Armour chairman, replacing Rothenberg

32-year veteran of the $1.25 billion money manager is a champion of active management.

With high-yield ETFs, costs can be hidden
INVESTING ETFS JUL 16, 2015
With high-yield ETFs, costs can be hidden

Investors who see ETFs as an easy and inexpensive way to tap into the high-yield market should look again.

INVESTING BROKER DEALERS JUL 16, 2015
Edward Jones continues push into proprietary funds

Brokerage giant is expanding its lineup of proprietary mutual funds for its 12,000 brokers and financial advisers a year and a half after the firm launched its first fund.

Morningstar repeats 'not-ratable' status for Gundlach's DoubleLIne Total Return Bond Fund but can't ignore its success
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 15, 2015
Morningstar repeats 'not-ratable' status for Gundlach's DoubleLIne Total Return Bond Fund but can't ignore its success

Even though Morningstar, for the second year in a row, has released its analysis dubbing the DoubleLine Total ReturnBond Fund not-ratable, analyst Sarah Bush is unable to get around pointing out that it's pretty good.

You know investors are getting nervous when oil becomes a safe-haven play
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 15, 2015
You know investors are getting nervous when oil becomes a safe-haven play

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Oil stocks are starting to attract investors seeking safety, and that should be cause for concern.

9 things companies do during earnings season that investors hate
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 14, 2015
9 things companies do during earnings season that investors hate

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Some things companies do during earnings season that can really rub investors the wrong way.

Why are more advisers seeking managed ETF portfolios?
INVESTING ETFS JUL 14, 2015
Why are more advisers seeking managed ETF portfolios?

Advisers using managed ETF portfolios to take advantage of inherent ETF efficiencies, manage risk in a way that has never been done before.

BlackRock warns of stock-bond correlation, suggests illiquid real estate
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 14, 2015
BlackRock warns of stock-bond correlation, suggests illiquid real estate

Chief investment strategist says liquid investments are being challenged to offer competitive returns.

China's stock market meltdown is looking like a buying opportunity
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 14, 2015
China's stock market meltdown is looking like a buying opportunity

Strategists recommend a slow and steady move into the world's second-largest equity market.

INVESTING ESG JUL 14, 2015
Merrill Lynch adds social impact portfolios to platform

Client demand leads wirehouse to create multi-asset vehicles that reflect investors' values

INVESTING ETFS JUL 13, 2015
Vanguard Group hires a smart beta expert from pioneer Research Affiliates

Index investing giant has challenged the marketing of smart beta funds. Now it's turning to someone whose research has helped those funds grow.

Advisers choosing hedge-style stock-pickers face 'beta' challenge
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 13, 2015
Advisers choosing hedge-style stock-pickers face 'beta' challenge

Closet indexing, market timing are among the risks in long-short equity: analysts.

Active or passive? It depends where you work
INVESTING ETFS JUL 13, 2015
Active or passive? It depends where you work

Over the past two years, confidence in passive investing has grown mainly among RIAs while other advisers primarily remain active.

Jeffrey Gundlach is riding out the Greek storm in Treasuries
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 13, 2015
Jeffrey Gundlach is riding out the Greek storm in Treasuries

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Jeffrey Gundlach has been bracing for trouble in Greece and Puerto Rico by loading up on Treasuries and Ginnie Maes.

Dan Fuss' Loomis Sayles Bond Fund underperfoms, hit by dollar's rise
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 09, 2015
Dan Fuss' Loomis Sayles Bond Fund underperfoms, hit by dollar's rise

Investors stick with $22.6 billion fund as famed manager calls reason for negative returns temporary phenomenon.

China does everything wrong in efforts to reverse stock market slide
INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS JUL 08, 2015
China does everything wrong in efforts to reverse stock market slide

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: China gets low marks for how it's trying to save its equity markets by preventing the sale of stocks.

INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 08, 2015
Wells Fargo faces major test of broker liability for selling F-Squared

A 68-year-old widower claims wirehouse did insufficient due diligence on the troubled money manager.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 08, 2015
Vanguard, Goldman Sachs agree that advisers face tall order in picking alts fund managers

Diametrically opposed firms find common ground on importance of manager selection, differ on value of hedge funds.