In recent years, plenty of investors poured into emerging market stock funds. The new shareholders hoped to profit from the boom in developing countries, such as China and Brazil. But their high hopes were dashed by the credit crisis. During the...
It is tempting to declare the recent rally in financial shares, and the market in general, the real deal. After all, some formerly bearish (and respected) analysts believe the upswing indicates a real turn in the markets, or, at least, is likely...
At the Investment Company Institute’s 51st General Membership meeting last week in Washington, D.C., speaker after speaker warned that the financial crisis has changed markets permanently.
Family limited partnership assets were included in a decedent's estate under Internal Revenue Code Section 2036(a)(1). Once again, the IRS has triumphed over a family limited partnership (FLP) this time in a fight over the estate of a war hero's...