<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Despite beating 94% of its peers since Bill Gross left the company, Pimco's Total Return Fund still dropped $11.6 billion in January. Plus: Crude oil drives the markets, unbelievable unemployment data, and finding some investments buried beneath the winter snow.
Lifted advertising ban and pressure from liquid alts drive secretive managers into the open.
The wirehouse plans tools to explain the risks and benefits of hedge fund strategies to advisers whose allocations have been low.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Thousands of paintings by Pablo Picasso might be about to hit the market. Plus: Where to start to get a million bucks in your 401(k), never assume when it comes to retirement saving, and how Obama's budget targets big banks.
Meanwhile, ARC Healthcare goes liquid at $13.12 per share.
Finding precious few opportunities, some active portfolio managers are sitting on big piles of cash
'There's value to be found out there, but you have to look very carefully'
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Warren Buffett wants President Obama to approve the Keystone pipeline. Plus: Rocky Mountain high tax revenues, ECB puts Greek debt in the doghouse, and institutional investors are bullish and careful.
In an open letter to ARCP, Corvex decries the board's track record and calls for its resignation.
2015 could be the year smart beta converts naysayers, as investors face market head winds that make returns hard to come by. </br><b><i>(Plus: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20150201/SMARTBETA2015" target="_blank">Our full smart beta special report</a>)</b></i>
The fund giant has taken a major position in the beleaguered real estate investment trust, American Realty Capital Properties Inc., or ARCP.
Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> features Gen Y and Gen X causing the the pace of 401(k) plan contributions to hit new heights. Plus: The ABCs of a hot REIT market, biotech stocks under the microscope, and something you might have in common with Bill Gates.
Nicholas Schorsch continues to add midsize independent broker-dealers to the Cetera Financial Group Network, and on Wednesday night announced plans to acquire Girard Securities Inc.
Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> features the case for investing in Russia looking great, at least on paper. Plus: Hedge funds are still shorting oil, will the big snowstorm close the financial markets, and how to pick the right IRA for your clients.
Sales of REITs and other non-liquid alts at Schorsch-related firm decline 7.6% from 2013.
Not nearly as popular as open-end mutual funds, they provide advantages for long-term investors who can stomach some volatility.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Could $20 oil really happen? According to Citigroup, It's impossible to call a bottom point. Plus: Morningstar crowns the 'best' liquid alts fund, another oil producer feels the pain, and the case for active management gets stronger.
In Friday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, the downside of a multi-year bull market in stocks: Investors get overconfident. Plus: If oil drops to $30 look out below, not all hedge fund workers are rich, and what the IRS is looking for now.
Popular category for yield-starved investors posts first quarterly decline in two years.
Finra's just-released regulatory and exam priorities for the new year include an unusual directive that brokers act in the best interests of clients regardless of current rules.
