The Facebook offering, as everyone in the world knows, including the checkout gal at my local Duane Reade, is a nightmare. It a nightmare for Facebook, a truly bruising headache for Morgan Stanley, who led the syndicate, and, natch, a giant bo...
Morgan Stanley clients had been clamoring for shares ever since the IPO was announced, but it was, until now, unclear who would be eligible to get them.
Our good friend and contributor Josh Brown, a financial advisor who runs theReformedBroker blog says the bucket shops are in full tilt trying to scam ignorant but rich people in Reg D vehicles, promising them that they will hold Facebook share...
LPL Financial saw mixed results in the first quarter, with lower earnings and net new advisory assets and record net revenue and advisory and brokerage assets.
We have stayed 100% invested over the past couple week’s turmoil despite debt fears in Europe again hitting investors’ sensibilities, concern of a hard landing in China, a disappointing March jobs number, and, well, whatever other...
The two co-founders of Advanced Equities, a Chicago-based venture capital investment bank, have received Wells notices from the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to FINRA filings.
As one financial scandal follows another, it seems the good guys are having a tougher time catching the bad guys. Recent revelations about MF Global's bankruptcy serve as reminders that our regulatory and oversight systems seem to let whales pass...
For 23 years, Andrew Costanzo, of Costanzo Financial Group, focused on preserving principal for his clients using fixed instruments, a strategy that lends itself nicely to the tenets of buy-and-hold. But Costanzo doesn't want to have to tell his...