Securities

FINRA Puts Lipstick On A Pig

Dan Solin | Posted 08.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Defaulting on Bonds, FINRA, Securities, Auction Rate Bonds, Bonds, Business News
Dan Solin

My client purchased a large amount of auction rate bonds. He was told by his broker that these bonds were "as good as cash." You know the rest of the story.

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Right-Wing Supreme Court Draws Ire Of Senate Judiciary Committee

Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Rights, Supreme Court, Congress, Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy, Exxon Mobil, Mandatory Binding Arbitration, Tracy Barker, Exxon Valdez, Liberties, Roberts Court, Fraud, Senate, Haliburton, Securities, Hearings, National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights, Justice, Arbitration, Home News
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.

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China's Investment House

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 12.13.2007 | Business

Read More: Chinese Exports, Debt to China, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Trade Deficit, Securities, China, Business News
Max Fraad Wolff

China is helping to create the substantial demand for American mortgages. This is not a story that has already ended and refers to the past. This is ongoing.

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Blue Dogs and Greenbacks

Al Meyerhoff | Posted 12.12.2007 | Business

Read More: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Sec, Democratic Congress, Securities, Business News
Al Meyerhoff

In choosing their two SEC nominees, the Democrats were faced with a dilemma. Which breed to choose: pit bulls or cocker spaniels? Get tough or go for the green?

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Ben Stein Blasts Goldman: Wall Street Analysts Can't Win

Henry Blodget | Posted 12.03.2007 | Business

Read More: Trading Securities, Goldman Sachs, Housing Market, Jan Hatzius, Wall Street, Trading on the Housing Market, Securities, Ben Stein, Ben Stein Column, Housing Crisis, Business News
Henry Blodget

Goldman Sachs is now making billions betting against the same stuff it was paid hundreds of millions to sell to suckers (maybe even you!) just a year or two ago.

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

CNN | Posted 10.14.2007 | Business

Read More: Banks, Mortgages, Securities, Business News

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...

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