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Gen-X/Gen-Y Wealth Is Coming to Wall Street -- Financial Services Needs to "Catch the Wave"

April Rudin | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Social Media, Baby Boomers, Private Wealth Management, Gen X, Wealth, Wall Street, Social Networking, Brokerage Firms, Gen Y, Banks, Generation X, Banking Industry, Generation Y, Financial Advice, Brokers, Money News
April Rudin

The differentiators and qualities displayed by Gen-X and Gen-Y need to be well-understood and addressed to attract the the next wave of wealth.

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Judge Slams FINRA Arbitration

Dan Solin | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Finra Arbitration, Finra, Deborah Gale Evans, Wells-Fargo-Advisors, Max Cogburn, Brokerage Firms, Arbitration, Video, Business News
Dan Solin

In the interim, attorneys like Ms. Evans should ask themselves whether their stunning success is attributable to their legal skill or the lack of impartiality of FINRA arbitration panels.

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Official: MF Global Admitted Using Client Money As Troubles Mounted

AP | DANIEL WAGNER and TOM HAYS | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Mf Global Client Money, Video, Jon Corzine, Bankruptcy, Mf Global Loss, Brokerage Firms, MF Global, Business News, Mf Global Bankruptcy, Business News

WASHINGTON — MF Global, the securities firm led by Jon Corzine, admitted using clients' money as its financial troubles mounted, a federal offic...

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Big Brokerage Firm Files For Bankruptcy After Bad Euro Bets

Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Asset Sales, Video, Jon Corzine, MF Global Holdings, Bankruptcy, MF Global Corzine, Brokerage Firms, MF Global, Business News, Mf Global Bankruptcy, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - MF Global Holdings Ltd filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, court records show. The filing came after tal...

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When Morgan Stanley Talks, People Listen -- EF Hutton Goes Viral in 2011

April Rudin | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Finra, Social Media, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Morgan Stanley, Brokerage Firms, Ftc, Financial Reform, April Rudin, Sec, Social Media Marketing, Glen Gilmore, Business News
April Rudin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PwP1EjaBik The financial services industry in America has certainly evolved from the days of EF Hutton, however, the...

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Your Broker Can Eliminate Your Tax Liability

Dan Solin | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Brokerage Firms, Offshore Bank Accounts, Taxes, Tax Evasion, Ubs Tax Evasion Investigation, UBS Tax Evasion, Stockbrokers, Brokers, Business News
Dan Solin

It's tax time, so I thought I would blog about a little known benefit of using major brokerage firms.

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More Bad Guys, More Investigations

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Gekko, Finra, Insider Trading, Wall Street, Brokerage Firms, Valero, BHP Billiton, Sanofi-Aventis, Securities and Exchange Commission, Bernie Madoff, Business News
Dan Dorfman

With the mergers and acquisitions game heating up, the opportunities to beat the system with inside knowledge of non-publicly announced deals have become much greater.

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Is Lehman Next?

CNN/Money | Colin Barr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: JPMorgan Chase Buys Bear Stearns, Brokerage Firms, Asian Markets, Federal Reserve, Bear Stearns Purhcase, Bear Stearns CEO, Lehman Shares, Ubs, Bear Stearns Buyout, JPMorgan Chase, Breaking Business News, Bear Stearns and Mortgage Crisis, Bear Stearns Bailout, Lehman Brothers, Bankruptcy, Bear Stearns Collapse, Bear Stearns, Bear Stearns and JPMorgan Chase, Business News

Lehman Brothers (LEH) may be in for a long day. Shares of the brokerage firm slid 15% in early trading after the firm said it's got enough cash to kee...

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Bear Stearns Stockholders Socked

Mortgage News Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: JPMorgan Chase Buys Bear Stearns, Brokerage Firms, Federal Reserve, Bear Stearns CEO, Bear Stearns Purhcase, Lehman Shares, Ubs, Bear Stearns Buyout, Fdic, JPMorgan Chase, Breaking Business News, Bear Stearns and Mortgage Crisis, Subprime Market, Bear Stearns Bailout, Lehman Brothers, Emergency Funds, Bear Stearns Collapse, Bear Stearns, Bankruptcy, Bear Stearns and JPMorgan Chase, Business News

The news wasn't surprising but the price tag was a real stunner. On Sunday J.P. Morgan chase agreed to pay $2 per share to acquire failing Wall Stree...

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NYSE Censures 15 Firms

Wall Street Journal | JAIME LEVY PESSIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Lehman Brothers, Brokerage Firms, Citigroup Global Markets, Nyse, New York Stock Exchange, Business News

NYSE Regulation said it censured and fined 14 member brokerage firms and one former member firm a total of $10.4 million for prospectus-delivery failu...

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Bear Stearns Profits Drop Staggering 62 Percent

AP | Dan Seymour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bear Stearns, Plunging Profits, Brokerage Firms, Business News

Bear Stearns Cos. said Thursday its profit plunged 62 percent in the third quarter as turbulence in the debt market and wrong-way bets on mortgages cr...

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