Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley suggested that AIG executives should accept responsibility for the collapse of the insurance giant by resigning or killing themselves.
Individuals who invest for themselves — without the help of a financial adviser — show more awareness and commitment to exchange traded funds than their adviser-directed peers.
Three of five DC plans have not changed in regard to employee participation and corporate matching contributions despite the recent financial crisis.
The Internal Revenue Service is allowing tax relief and refunds for some investors who paid taxes on earnings from their investments with Bernard Madoff.
Wealthy investors may be pessimistic about the economy, but most didn’t plan on changing their long-term investment approach, according to a new survey.
An investor has filed a class action against Prudential Financial Inc. and a slate of its executives, alleging that the insurer violated federal securities laws in a June 2008 public offering of junior subordinated notes.
Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman has told the European Union that its effort to spend its way out of recession 'really is disappointing.'
The Obama administration announced Monday that the 21 largest banks receiving government money must report monthly on how much lending they do to small businesses.
Fed up with the recent volatility in publicly traded stocks and mutual funds, some sophisticated investors are looking to alternative investments for portfolio diversity and enhanced returns.
Interest in Section 529 college savings plans that are backed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is picking up amid the stock market's downturn.
Many advisers don't believe that the market has bottomed, even though the Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied for four days last week.
Bernard Madoff's face has been plastered on magazine covers and in newspapers, but artist Yan Pei-Ming has taken the confessed Ponzi schemer's image one step further.
The Charles Schwab Corp. is giving a reprieve to advisers upset with its decision to stop taking custody of hedge funds, real estate assets, private equity and other forms of alternative investments, but it will not reverse the ban.
Employees at Putnam Investments will work longer hours starting May 4 when a companywide change in the workweek is implemented.
Perkins Investment Management LLC today announced that the Perkins Small Cap Value Fund (JSCVX) will reopen to new investors.
Bernard Madoff's lawyers are appealing a judge's decision to revoke his $10 million bail and send him to jail to await sentencing.
Jon Stewart hammered Jim Cramer and his network, CNBC, in their anticipated face-off on "The Daily Show," repeatedly chastising the "Mad Money" host for putting entertainment above journalism.
China's premier is worried about its massive holdings of Treasuries and other U.S. debt, appealing to Washington to safeguard their value.
