Seizures, defaults on pace to hit record number; 'serious price depreciation'
Financial advisers are keeping a close eye on The Vanguard Group Inc.'s new Standard & Poor's 500 ETF to see how the exchange-traded fund performs and whether it can compete with State Street Global Advisors Inc.'s SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY).
Michael Burry, the former hedge fund manager who predicted the housing market's plunge, said he is investing in rich farmland, small technology companies and gold as he hunts for original ideas and braces for a weaker dollar.
Financial advisers are fuming over a letter The Hartford sent to clients which entices them to swap their variable annuities for a replacement. Why so angry? Advisers say the new VA actually strips away generous guarantees.
The Securities and Exchange Commission's proposal to revamp 12(b)-1 fees may not be as draconian as feared, but it would eliminate a cost-efficient choice for investors, said Chet Helck, chief operating officer of Raymond James Financial Inc.
The party's almost over for the raucous debt markets, predicts Mark Gilbert. And the endgame is going to leave bond investors with a doozie of a headache.
Days of Nasdaq offerings trouncing S&P 500 at an end; 'looking for the next Google' -- and not finding it
Settlement of N.J. suit seen as opening salvo in crackdown on lax disclosure; 'harbinger'
A former broker at Merrill Lynch & Co. and Citigroup Inc. lost a bid to throw out his conviction for selling access to his brokerages' internal “squawk boxes” after arguing prosecutors hid evidence of his innocence.
