Spencer Green didn't anticipate the current financial crisis when he created MeettheBoss.com, but Wall Street's problems may help the new networking site take off.
While pundits and industry insiders laud Bank of America Corp.'s acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., there might be a casualty few have considered.
The departure last week of Kevin Cronin as head of investments at Putnam Investments is a sign of more change to come at the beleaguered mutual fund company, some observers say.
Investors scared away by shaky equity markets have been mining the gold market, but advisers are mixed as to whether the investments in the precious metal are a long-term play.
Some mutual fund companies are deciding that the cash their funds earn from lending stocks doesn't justify the risk in light of unpredictable markets and the Securities and Exchange Commission's crackdown on short sales of selected financial stocks.
Wirehouse reps were breathing a bit easier last week as their employers were able to step back from the brink of financial collapse.
Executives at small broker-dealers and regional investment banks see opportunity in the frenzy on Wall Street, but they worry that new regulations will be burdensome.
The SEC has charged a man for running a fraudulent unregistered day-trading firm and violating federal securities laws.
Ameriprise Financial Inc. has no immediate plans to bail out clients of advisers of its independent broker-dealer subsidiary, Securities America Inc., which saw $60 million erased last week when a giant money market fund, the Reserve Primary Fund, “broke the buck."
“Domestic equity has the highest predictability of earnings, and the lowest volatility. No other country comes close to the U.S. in terms of aggressiveness in monetary policy.”
