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Financial Reform: It's the Derivatives, Stupid!

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.19.2010 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

Wall Streeters who get millions in bonuses to know better are still trading in derivatives. Nothing is preventing another financial collapse, when Wall Street will come crying to Washington for a new $700 billion

Shahien Nasiripour

Watchdog Group Warns Congress About Wall Street Oversight

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 02.23.2010 | Business


UPDATE: 7:35 PM -- A spokesman for FINRA has responded to POGO's letter. Scroll down for FINRA's reply. Congress is putting investors and the public ...

Obama and the "Savvy" Bankers

Dean Baker | Posted 02.15.2010 | Business


Dean Baker

Last week, President Obama described Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein as a savvy businessman. It's worth examining more closely some of the ways in which Blankfein was "savvy."

"Financial Advice" Is Destroying Your Wealth

Dan Solin | Posted 02.09.2010 | Business


Dan Solin

The securities and insurance industries divert attention from basic principles of finance and investing by offering a dizzying array of products intended to confuse, seduce and separate investors from their money.

Goldman Sachs Under Investigation For Its Role In Subprime Mortgage Meltdown

McClatchy | Greg Gordon | Posted 01.22.2010 | Business


WASHINGTON -- One of Congress' premier watchdog panels is investigating Goldman Sachs' role in the subprime mortgage meltdown, including how the firm...

China Executes Corrupt Trader Yam Yanming; $9.5 Million Missing

Posted 03.18.2010 | World


BEIJING (AP) -- China executed Tuesday the former manager of a securities company who embezzled millions of dollars -- the first execution of an execu...

Modern Portfoolio Theory II

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 03.18.2010 | Business


Norb Vonnegut

What can investors do when their hedge funds implode? The Galleon scandal puts a fine point on this question.

Lie, Cheat and Steal

Dan Solin | Posted 03.18.2010 | Business


Dan Solin

Are members of the securities industry inherently evil? Obviously, it would be unfair to make such a blanket characterization, but sometimes you really have to wonder.

Life Insurance -- Bankers' New Best Friend

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business


Christopher Brauchli

This latest financial instrument is a guaranteed win-win almost for sure.

Debtor's Revolt?

Marshall Auerback | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business


Marshall Auerback

Once all the TARPs are tidied up and the quarterly profits no longer a revelation, American consumers will still be swaddled in debt. What's to stop them from just walking away from it?

Norwegian Towns Sue Citi Over Losses

Reuters | Posted 09.10.2009 | World


Seven Norwegian municipalities and a Norwegian securities broker are suing Citigroup Inc for more than $200 million in damages after they lost million...

Crime and Punishment

Dan Solin | Posted 03.27.2009 | Business


Dan Solin

There are crimes you can spot and those you can't. The latter can really hurt you.

If Past Is Prologue, Mary Schapiro's Future Should Not Include the SEC

Dan Solin | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business


Dan Solin

Mary Schapiro's advocacy for FINRA's flawed mandatory arbitration process - and her antipathy for investors' rights -- disqualifies her from confirmation as head of the SEC.

Making a Bad Situation Worse: Investing in 401(k)s without an Employer Match

Dan Solin | Posted 01.09.2009 | Business


Dan Solin

If your employer stops contributing to your 401(k) plan, you should think very carefully about whether you should continue to participate. You have options.

Paulson Cuts Goldman Sachs a Sweetheart Deal

Marco Trbovich | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics


Marco Trbovich

An analysis of the bailout deals Paulson has been cutting with taxpayer dollars reveals he's giving the culprits who created the nation's credit crisis what amount to sweetheart deals.

Republican "Workout" Is A Cop Out

Ron Grande | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home


Ron Grande

The House Republicans will be to blame for any calamities that may yet be in store for our economy. Their objection to the modified Paulson Plan was not ideological, it was political.

Right-Wing Supreme Court Draws Ire Of Senate Judiciary Committee

Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 07.31.2008 | Home


Cristóbal Joshua Alex

The Supreme Court has shifted dangerously to the right and is now the most pro-business Court since the monopoly greasing "Lochner-era" Court of the late 19th century.

Report: Banks Prepping Up To $100 Billion Fund Against Securities Collapses

CNN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


A consortium of the world's biggest banks, led by Citigroup, is working to create a fund to back up to $100 billion in shaky mortgage and other securi...