Comments from Fed chair Janet Yellen and solid October jobs report has futures traders betting on sooner rather than later hike.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The specific things to watch for in today's jobs report that could influence the Fed's decision on interest rates.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The bond market appears uninterested in the Fed's subtle hints of a looming rate hike next month, or the month after that, or someday, maybe, eventually.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Another debate full of heated clashes &mdash; including with the moderators &mdash; but the candidates who rose to the top were not the usual suspects.
Poor performance could send the income-generating category back to direct investing, where it belongs.
Strategists say pricing anomalies should be considered buying opportunity as Fed action expected to be small.
When China sneezed last quarter, the world caught a cold but smart investors found opportunity.
The risk of misreading global and domestic economic context.
Benchmark hugging will not benefit most investors, so advisers must look far and wide for opportunity.
Potential is there to meet investors' objectives of capital preservation, growth and income without taking on unacceptable risk
Deteriorating demographics, low productivity growth and a need for more deleveraging will keep a lid on rates for the foreseeable future.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: All eyes will be on banks this week and earnings season welcomes the reports from the financial sector.
The legendary bond manager claims he was wrongfully pushed out by a “cabal” of Pimco execs seeking a bigger slice of the bonus pool. </br><i><b>(More: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20141006/FREE/141009964/bill-gross-speaks-out-on-pimco-exit-vows-to-regain-crown-at-janus"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bill Gross speaks out on Pimco exit, vows to defeat his rivals</a>)</b></i>
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> The Democratic candidate proposes new fees for taking investment risks, because taking investment risks aren't risky enough already, or something like that.
When fund managers can go anywhere, sometimes they do.
Pimco, Fidelity and Capital Group are the biggest holders of Petrobras' 100-year bonds, which are down 15% since June, four times the average loss for emerging-market debt.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Investors gave no love to emerging market economies in the third quarter, as they saw the biggest quarterly outflows since 2008.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The lack of corporate outlooks this earnings season could be a bad sign for stocks over the next few months.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> 'The decision' for Fed on interest rates could rock these 6 markets.
