Topic: Securities Investor Protection Corporation

The securities industry is watching intently as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Securities Investor Protection Corp. get set to do...

MF Global's Superdome Moment

MF Global customers still feel like captives inside the chaotic New Orleans Superdome during Hurricane Katrina. Five weeks after the bankruptcy of...
Dave Kavanagh, a 30-year veteran in the futures and fixed income markets, thought he had learned his lesson about due diligence, having already...
Large creditors like JPMorgan Chase (JPM) may not be alone in facing losses from failure of MF Global (MF), if speculation of missing client funds ...

Tips to Navigate Financial Reform

The new financial reform law, known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and recently signed into law by President...

Feds eye Madoff trustee Picard

A federal watchdog agency has agreed to investigate allegations that Irving Picard, the trustee charged with liquidating Bernie Madoff's estate, is...
There are a lot of risks involved with investing your money. While some people may never consider all the potential risks they are taking with...
Have you ever wondered what would happen if the brokerage company you use to invest went out of business and disappeared with your money? You'll be...
One of the most frightening things (to me) about the 2008 investment bank failures of Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns coupled with the fraud of...

Scottrade Review

A Scottrade review is something I ve been meaning to do after seeing the online brokerage rank pretty high in the SmartMoney survey of discount...