Anyway, I never gave much thought to Goodfellas being a cinematic template for the kinds of schemes, scams and financial shenanigans pulled off by the Wall Street mob until recently.

The man who made billions shorting your house is now thinking of saving millions by shorting America itself, of tax dollars. John Paulson, manager ...

The prospect of going over the fiscal cliff cast an additional pall on the markets, with many investors "fleeing to safety" until "things settle down." I am unaware of any stock market gurus who predicted all of these events, but what if they had?

There are few greater examples of the irrationality of investors than the world of hedge funds. In spite of the historically poor return on investment, money continues pouring into hedge funds.

The Business editors of the New York Times seem forever determined to whitewash and sanitize one of the core causes of the 2008 financial debacle and those who were central to the melt down.

As a society, we rarely celebrate simple competence and the ability to deliver. Instead, we demand superstars. This non-stop need to do better and better is what unifies Lehrer with Wall Street miscreants.

John Paulson, the hedge fund manager who made billions betting against the U.S. mortgage market in 2007, has found something new to bet against. P...

In an ironic twist, the same foreclosure crisis that helped to raise rents in America could now be used to offer some much-needed relief -- and Wall S...

Hedge fund manager John Paulson has been hailed as a finance sage for making billions betting against the subprime mortgages beloved by Wall Street in...

Everybody on Wall Street is talking about the new piece by New York magazine’s Gabriel Sherman, entitled "The End of Wall Street as They Knew It." ...

On top of cold weather and logistical pains, "Occupy" protesters in Chicago last week dealt with an embarrassing stunt. Dozens of photocopied McDo...

The Wall Street elite seems completely befuddled by the Occupy Wall Street movement. The demonstrators are called "unsophisticated," or misguided, or much worse. Here's a short note to the titans of Wall Street to help them understand what's happening.

Trying to view a key systemic sector like banking through the lens of investors can be dangerously deceptive.

Hedge-fund manager John Paulson made $4 billion betting against subprime mortgages, the market that ultimately helped destroy Lehman Brothers Holdings...

A group of 25 hedge fund executives in 2010 managed to earn a combined $22.1 billion -- an amount equivalent to 441,400 American households each making $50,000 a year.

Corrects paragraph to say $4.9 billion, instead of million NEW YORK (By Matthew Goldstein) - The richest 25 hedge fund managers made a bit less...