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INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 22, 2016
Jeffrey Gundlach's 'Bond King' crown comes into question

Plus: Indexers take over the world, building trust with clients, and some summer reading ideas for advisers

By Jeff Benjamin
More money managers think U.S. equities overvalued: Northern Trust
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 21, 2016
More money managers think U.S. equities overvalued: Northern Trust

Forty-six percent of managers now believe U.S. stocks are overvalued, according to the investment manager's survey.

By Meaghan Kilroy
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 21, 2016
Step aside bears, the market's next growth mode is kicking in

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> It's a brighter growth outlook, not low rates, that's fueling the latest rally.

By Jeff Benjamin
Building bond ladders for a low-interest-rate world
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 21, 2016
Building bond ladders for a low-interest-rate world

Some advisers tweak the model, others remain pure.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 21, 2016
Why it does and doesn't matter if fund managers invest in their own funds

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Should you care if a portfolio manager is investing in a fund he or she is managing? It depends.

By Jeff Benjamin
Don't lump all younger high-net-worth clients together
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 20, 2016
Don't lump all younger high-net-worth clients together

Advisers should recognize and capitalize on the different needs and priorities of Gen X versus millennials.

By Tanvi Acharya
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 18, 2016
Goldman says U.S. investors should keep their portfolios local

Plus: Diversification varies when it comes to ETFs, Wall Street starts cutting pay, and the next President will need to figure out how to handle Congress

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 18, 2016
The fiduciary conundrum of charging lower fees for bond allocations

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Can charging lower fees for bond investments be both the right thing to do and a violation of your fiduciary duty?

By Jeff Benjamin
Trouble ahead? Stock and bond markets sending divergent signals
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 18, 2016
Trouble ahead? Stock and bond markets sending divergent signals

Treasury yields hit the floor while stocks hope for the best.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 18, 2016
Brexit forces a dovish Fed into cowering mode

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Following the Brexit, the Fed is now sheepishly tilting toward a rate cut.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 15, 2016
Bond market is signaling it's time to sell stocks

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The direction of bond yields does not bode well for the equity markets.

By Jeff Benjamin
As stock market soars, financial advisers batten down the hatches
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 13, 2016
As stock market soars, financial advisers batten down the hatches

String of negative earnings don't support stock price valuations.

By Jeff Benjamin
Lessons from a week of highs and severe lows with clients
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 12, 2016
Lessons from a week of highs and severe lows with clients

Now that the dust has settled, it's time to learn from the Brexit fallout on what to say and do next time markets tank and clients lose their cool.

By Liz Skinner
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 11, 2016
Japan's stock market rally has investors suddenly looking eastward

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The sudden rally in Japan has some citing a turnaround, riding on the wave of Abenomics.

By Jeff Benjamin
Beaten down financial-sector stocks trigger debate over when to jump in
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 11, 2016
Beaten down financial-sector stocks trigger debate over when to jump in

Being early is the same thing as being wrong.

By Jeff Benjamin
Equity precious metals funds are riding higher on Brexit wave
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 11, 2016
Equity precious metals funds are riding higher on Brexit wave

Some funds up more that 100% so far this year.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 06, 2016
DoubleLine's Jeffrey Gundlach says Donald Trump would be huge for stocks, not so much for bonds

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> DoubleLine's Jeffrey Gundlach says a Donald Trump presidency would be bad for bonds, but good for stocks.

By Jeff Benjamin
Fed rate-hike bets back on table after strong economic reports
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 05, 2016
Fed rate-hike bets back on table after strong economic reports

Traders are pricing in higher chances that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates some time this year after U.S. economic reports signaled improving growth.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 05, 2016
BlackRock's stock buyback plan at odds with CEO Larry Fink's statements

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Larry Fink has been critical of the buyback trend, but that hasn't stopped BlackRock from buying back $275 million worth of its own stock on a quarterly basis.

By Jeff Benjamin
The world's richest people lost $19 billion in 2015
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 05, 2016
The world's richest people lost $19 billion in 2015

Warren Buffett, the world's third-richest person, shed $11.3 billion as Berkshire Hathaway Inc. had its first negative annual return since 2011.

By Bloomberg