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If you tread at all into the energy sector, tread lightly
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 19, 2015
If you tread at all into the energy sector, tread lightly

It has become the ultimate stock-pickers market

By Jeff Benjamin
Bracing for the Greek exit
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 15, 2015
Bracing for the Greek exit

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Now might be a good time to start bracing for a Greek default, as the probability has never been as high.

By Jeff Benjamin
The trouble with emerging and frontier markets indexes
INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS APR 15, 2015
The trouble with emerging and frontier markets indexes

In spite of all the turmoil and risk, emerging markets are growing. Rapidly.

By Kevin Carter
Bill Gross says he will short the German bund, eventually
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 14, 2015
Bill Gross says he will short the German bund, eventually

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: 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.

By Jeff Benjamin
Rethinking how you build clients' equity portfolios
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 09, 2015
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.

By Archan Basu and Dirk Hofschire
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 07, 2015
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.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Jobs report's bad news is bad news
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 07, 2015
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.

By Jeff Benjamin
Job growth is the economy's only bright side, and it isn't very bright
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 03, 2015
Job growth is the economy's only bright side, and it isn't very bright

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The data show companies are hiring, but virtually everything else in the economy is falling.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES APR 01, 2015
The surging dollar could crush unhedged global mutual funds

Simple ways to remove the currency risk are available but advisers need to find &amp;mdash; and understand &amp;mdash; them.

By Jeff Benjamin
HSBC says the dollar's powerful days are numbered
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 23, 2015
HSBC says the dollar's powerful days are numbered

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: HSBC thinks the strong dollar is poised to run out of steam, though it might just be wishful thinking.

By Jeff Benjamin
The looming threat of an increasingly powerful dollar
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 20, 2015
The looming threat of an increasingly powerful dollar

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: It's important to understand the scary downside of an extremely strong U.S. dollar.

By Jeff Benjamin
DoubleLine's Jeffery Gundlach says 'blockhead' Fed should postpone raising rates
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 20, 2015
DoubleLine's Jeffery Gundlach says 'blockhead' Fed should postpone raising rates

$44.6 billion DoubleLine Total Return Fund manager says central bank should hold off on raising rates; gives a nod toward gold, India equities and shorting the dollar.

By Jeff Benjamin
Foreign mutual funds look like a good way to dodge some U.S. market risk
INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS MAR 17, 2015
Foreign mutual funds look like a good way to dodge some U.S. market risk

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Foreign mutual funds might be a good hiding spot for investors as U.S. stocks peak in cost.

By Jeff Benjamin
Merrill Lynch tells its advisers to get some water
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 17, 2015
Merrill Lynch tells its advisers to get some water

Nontraditional investment could benefit from long-term trends, values-based investing: CIO Bartels.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
In rare move, Vanguard beefs up international exposure in target date funds
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 10, 2015
In rare move, Vanguard beefs up international exposure in target date funds

Fund giant also plans to launch lower-cost institutional series to expand its market reach.

By Jeff Benjamin
Maxing out a 401(k) doesn't mean you can't keep saving for retirement
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 09, 2015
Maxing out a 401(k) doesn't mean you can't keep saving for retirement

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Having a maxed-out 401(k) is a good problem to have, but saving for retirement shouldn't end there.

By Jeff Benjamin
Smart money moving to the sidelines as earnings signal flashes red
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 09, 2015
Smart money moving to the sidelines as earnings signal flashes red

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Earnings signal flashing red, sending some investors to the sidelines, Gross sets a timeline, Bernanke wants the president to have more power, ETF investors hedge currencies and chase corporate bonds, and the first-year numbers behind Colorado's legal weed.

By Jeff Benjamin
Financial adviser sentenced to 51 months for ripping off elderly clients
INVESTING RIAS MAR 09, 2015
Financial adviser sentenced to 51 months for ripping off elderly clients

Tuesday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> features an adviser sentenced to 51 months of jail time for stealing from elderly clients. Plus: Bill Gross doesn't see a rate hike till late in the year, the latest bet for oil, and a don't-miss webcast sets the stage for 2015.

By Jeff Benjamin
Big banks are stressing over the Fed's stress tests
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 06, 2015
Big banks are stressing over the Fed's stress tests

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The bar will keep rising for banks as mixed stress test results come in for some of the world's largest banks.

By Jeff Benjamin
Japanese stock funds reflecting long-awaited economic turnaround
INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS MAR 06, 2015
Japanese stock funds reflecting long-awaited economic turnaround

'Abe-enomics' joins quantitative easing with corporate patriotism

By Jeff Benjamin