Trust Me
Feb 01, 2009
Bernard Madoff’s astonishing fraud has accelerated calls for regulatory overhaul that had already begun with the credit crisis. then again, the regulatory system was antiquated. The real problem for retail financial advisors: Your clients no...
Editor’s Letter: Who Knew? Lots Of People
Feb 01, 2009
When you read the 2005 Markopolos letter to the SEC, which warned the regulator about Bernard Madoff, what jumps out at you is how many professionals on Wall Street were actually suspicious of Madoff's business.
Short Selling Made Easy
Feb 01, 2009
With markets collapsing last fall, Nicholas Rowe, a financial advisor with Focus Capital, a registered investment advisor in Bedford, New Hampshire that clears trades through Schwab Institutional, began buying inverse exchange-traded funds (ETFs)...
Giving In Today's Economy
Jan 01, 2009
We are not sounding an alarm that there will be a collapse of charitable giving in 2009. Clearly, conditions are ripe for both an economic and philanthropic breakdown. We may suffer a worst-case scenario: the Dow Jones Industrial Average declining...
Let's Get It Right
Jan 01, 2009
Back in the summer,1 I warned that the financial markets were headed for serious problems. But even my worst fears pale in comparison to what actually happened: nothing less than a near-death experience for western finance. The markets survived...
Correction
Jan 01, 2009
In an article titled Retirement Casino, on p. 46 of our November 2008 issue, we made an error. In the graphic of an excel spreadsheet on that page, in the row corresponding to Retirement Alpha, the equation should read (2*(D14 +2*H16)/(D15^2 + H16...
Insurance Matters
Jan 01, 2009
AIG is bracing for a slip in business in the wake of its government bailout. There are several regulatory safety nets in place for troubled insurance companies—but the payment guarantees are limited.
Street Legal
Jan 01, 2009
Regulators typically offer a “settlement premium” that is meant to represent a discount on sanctions they would seek at a hearing or trial. Is it worth it?
A Bullish Sign?
Jan 01, 2009
In the past, fund reopenings have often signaled a market bottom.
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