Christine Benz

• What to make of recent fund manager changes

  By Christine Benz  |  March 1, 2008

  We often see waves of fund manager departures in the first quarter of a calendar year, as managers stick around long enough to pocket their...

• Why cash isn't trash for great fund managers

  By Christine Benz  |  February 1, 2008

  Most mutual fund managers stay fully invested more or less all the time -- meaning they don't keep cash on the sidelines to pay back...

• Have you hugged your struggling fund today?

  By Christine Benz  |  January 1, 2008

  As a junior analyst covering Legg Mason Value more than a decade ago, I quizzed manager Bill Miller on his rationale for adding to his...

• Trendy funds your clients should avoid

  By Christine Benz  |  November 1, 2007

  When you're assessing whether an investment is worthy of your clients' assets, one of the key questions to ask is whether the firm focuses more...

• Managers who have skin in the game

  By Christine Benz  |  October 1, 2007

  Whether you call it eating your own cooking, having skin in the game or putting your money where your mouth is, it's comforting to know...

• Funds that avoid the AMT nightmare

  By Christine Benz  |  September 1, 2007

  The alternative minimum tax was originally created in 1969 to ensure that wealthy individuals who had managed to skirt taxes under the conventional tax system...