The term married put refers to the simultaneous purchase of puts and stock on a share-for-share basis. Just like homeowner's insurance protects a house, put options can be purchased to protect stocks...
Arbitration can be ugly. Of course, you already know that. But two new books consider the battleground from different perspectives. Brokerage Fraud: What Wall Street Doesn't Want You To Know, written by securities arbitration lawyers Tracy Pride...
It's easy to see why charitable remainder trusts, or CRTs, continue to grow in popularity. You get to eat your cake and have it, too. CRTs allow donors to sell appreciated stock without paying capital gains, place them in trust and hang onto an...
In the Great Buying Panic of the 1990s, investors abandoned common sense and placed their bets and they got killed. They took as real the illusions spun by an SEC-led regulatory regime: Equal opportunity for all, unadulterated financial reporting...
In these trying times, many reps feel a financial pinch. For some, the simplest route is to max out their credit cards; others take a second job. However, many will turn to family and friends for a loan. Unfortunately, many a is also a and...
David Chacon is suing his former bosses at Salomon Smith Barney, charging that Bernie Ebbers and other telecom big hitters got freebie IPOs. His story.
Too often advisors have regarded charitable giving as a zero-sum game. Every penny your client gives to charity is a penny deducted from your AUM tally. In fact, knowing the basics of charitable giving can build up your bottom line in several ways...
You can talk about expensing stock options, financial SWAT teams and setting draconian jail sentences for executive malfeasance all you want. But these measures alone can't guarantee corporate accountability. What might is shareholder activism. We...
