Despite dire predictions, it was a very good year for municipal bonds last year. Many analysts are predicting more of the same. One possible hitch: bankruptcy negotiations currently being conducted by several cities could encourage scores of other towns to turn on their bondholders.
Former olympian, NFL star Willie Gault has been accused by the SEC of taking part in a scheme to artificially inflate the stock of a medical-device company that he managed.
Advisers seeking higher yields than money markets can offer
Ed Cowart, portfolio co-manager of equity income and value strategies at Eagle Asset Management, the $19.5-billion asset management unit of Raymond James, offers up his thoughts on a few market sectors that are catching his eye.
New fund designed to offer the risk/return portfolio of the hedge fund industry; 'portfolio completer'
Don't see the ripple effect on other retirement assets, says Harley Gordon; often don't even know how to raise the subject
Investors ensnared in a $7 million scam involving so-called “private annuities” will be getting back only a sliver of their original investment.
