Like the President, Republican leaders gave thumbs up to TARP, prescription drug plan, foreign wars; 'plenty of blame to go around'
State hedging against possible credit market chaos; lowest-debt rating of all 50 states
Tax breaks for investments and savings look to be prime targets for lawmakers; 'the fight is coming'
Neuberger Berman Group LLC, the money manager that was part of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., was ordered by an industry regulator to pay about $4 million to three clients who bought structured notes backed by the failed investment bank.
The recent data breach involving Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC should serve as a warning to financial advisers that important steps need to be taken to improve the security of sensitive client information stored on CD-ROMs
Advisers can conduct transactions over iPhones and Android smart phones
Letter details how a universal standard could accommodate brokers
Poll reveals more Americans willing to give up home-loan interest deduction
Leveraged and inverse funds over the head of the average investor, NASAA warns; plenty of fees, too
The average closing cost on a mortgage jumped from around $3,600 to more than $4,000 this year. It's even more expensive in these ten states.
Workers are more likely to retire after a period of strong equity returns, but they may be leaving the workplace at a time when their nest eggs are at the most risk.
Younger boomers more optimistic about their finances but acknowledge that they will have to work some in retirement
Financial advisers are fairly clear about what is in store for their clients: taxes that are unlikely to go down and may rise.
A new study by the Government Accountability Office predicts that middle-class workers may well outlive retirement savings. The solution, the GAO says, is for workers to hold off on taking Social Security -- and buy annuities.
David Lerner Associates Inc. has been sued by investors who claim that it acted negligently in the sale and underwriting of more than $6.8 billion in shares of the Apple Real Estate Investment Trusts
Analyst claims she didn't say what she seemed to have said when she said it on national television
Precious metal gains from race to debase currencies, now tops $1,800; BofA sees it at $2,000 in a year
Could put a hole in money-market funds, which hold $760 billion in Treasuries. The question is: should investors pull their money out now just in case lawmakers in Washington don't reach a debt-ceiling agreement by Aug. 2?
Negative yields return, corporate debt's spurned, and money funds churn, as panicked investors seek out less-risky paper
In the initial year of Dodd-Frank, which reaches its first anniversary Thursday, regulators overseeing banking, commodities and securities have been pressed to conduct 73 studies and write 400 new rules. As of July 1, only 38 of those rules have been finalized.
