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Global bond market selloff is now described as ‘violent’
Plus: Currency traders become the new yield producers, building a global portfolio, and what Yogi Berra might say about today's financial markets
Puerto Rico investors sue UBS for $4.5 million
Claim says UBS mismanaged a trust to keep monies invested in closed-end bond funds.
George Soros pitches a currency move to prevent a third world war
Breakfast with Benjamin: The billionaire investor is calling on the United States to allow China's currency to join the International Monetary Fund's basket of currencies.
Investors jump into European stocks hoping for another QE ride
Record inflows raising concerns of a 'crowded trade'
Good or bad, jobs report could roil the markets, investors
Breakfast with Benjamin: Good or bad, investors could react sharply to the April jobs report. Plus: Bitcoin could be back, Fitbit plans an IPO and offbeat economic indicators.
Fed Chief Janet Yellen warns on stock valuations
Breakfast with Benjamin: The chairwoman of the Federal Reserve called equity valuations 'quite high,' bond yields low and said the combination raises 'potential dangers.' Her comments roiled markets.
Wirehouse advisers pile into euro-stock ETFs
Currency-hedging ETF strategies are a no-brainer: Merrill Lynch portfolio manager
Warren Buffett’s financial results start to raise red flags
Breakfast with Benjamin: Warren Buffett rejects analysts' criticism of Berkshire Hathaway's financials. Plus: Family Dollar's lesson in luck, small-cap stocks at odds with jobs data, and Alan Greenspan on Greece exiting the euro.
Retail brokers are shut out of the SEC’s market reform efforts
Breakfast with Benjamin: Retail brokerages are shut out of the SEC's advisory committee for market reforms to protect retail investors.
The riddle and the dilemma of global bonds
Breakfast with Benjamin: Bond bulls continue to shrug off logic, claiming it's different this time, even despite negative yields.
Northern Trust: Managers remain optimistic on U.S. economy
Outlook on eurozone is somewhat upbeat, survey shows.
If you tread at all into the energy sector, tread lightly
It has become the ultimate stock-pickers market
Bracing for the Greek exit
Breakfast with Benjamin: Now might be a good time to start bracing for a Greek default, as the probability has never been as high.
The trouble with emerging and frontier markets indexes
In spite of all the turmoil and risk, emerging markets are growing. Rapidly.
Bill Gross says he will short the German bund, eventually
Breakfast with Benjamin: Bill Gross calls out the 10-year German bund, but you'll want to wait more than a year for the end of Europe's easing.
Rethinking how you build clients’ equity portfolios
How cyclical and sector stock investing intersect represent an untapped opportunity for clients to diversify and see risk-adjusted returns.
Even outside U.S., passive investments widen share of sales over active
Gap between active and passive funds in international equities reaches highest level since financial crisis.
Jobs report’s bad news is bad news
With any luck, by the time the market re-opens Monday, the stunningly weak report will be fully absorbed and diluted along with a weekend full of marshmallow bunnies, chocolate eggs and whatever other news develops. But don't bet on it.
Job growth is the economy’s only bright side, and it isn’t very bright
Breakfast with Benjamin: The data show companies are hiring, but virtually everything else in the economy is falling.
The surging dollar could crush unhedged global mutual funds
Simple ways to remove the currency risk are available but advisers need to find — and understand — them.
