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Protecting Investors: Hedge Fund Governance and Transparency

June 14, 2013

by Taylor Swope If you’ve been keeping up with the news, you’ve probably noticed that various hedge funds, particularly SAC Capital, have been in the headlines for questionable behavior. This raises some very serious questions [...]

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How to Find the Best REITs and Real Estate Funds

May 7, 2013

Are REITs a smart investment strategy right now?  This article explains the current state of play surrounding REITs and lays out the different types of REITs, funds, and ETFs available, as well as strategies for [...]

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How to Buy Bitcoins – and is there a Bitcoin Bubble?

April 8, 2013

Bitcoin has been much in the news lately. With the euro in a perpetual state of crisis, and wealthy Russians and Venezuelans seeking to shelter their wealth from kleptocracies, bitcoin makes a great deal of [...]

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What Is Tax Freedom Day 2013?

March 7, 2013

Update: This year’s Tax Freedom Day will fall on April 18 2013 – five days later than it fell in 2012.  The Tax Foundation officially defines this day as “the day when the nation as a [...]

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Bank Stress Test Results: How Stressful Were They?

February 28, 2013

Update: The Fed released stress test results March 6th showing that all but one of 18 big banks (Ally Financial) tested has ‘passed the test,’ proving the capital and strength needed to weather a future [...]

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Municipal Bankruptcy Explained: Will State Budget Woes Sink Munis?

February 28, 2013

In December 2010, well-known financial industry analyst Meredith Whitney went out on a limb, arguing that there would be a big round of 50 to 100 “sizeable defaults” in the municipal bond world.  Her prediction [...]

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Expert FAQ: Temporary Workers – Are Temps the New Norm?

February 22, 2013

As the U.S. economy contracts for the first time since the recession of 2008-2009, the phrase “job permanence” seems to be an echo of the past. In the context of a generally lackluster U.S. economy [...]

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What is the Sequestration and What Will Its Impacts Be?

February 14, 2013

The State of the Union aired earlier this week – but what is the real state of our union when it comes to the looming impacts of sequestration? The budget sequester – originally the brainchild [...]

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What are Currency Wars and Are We In One Now?

February 4, 2013

What is a currency war, and are we looking at one now? It was probably inevitable: Japan, the UK, the Eurozone and now the United States find themselves mired in quicksand pit of debt.  The [...]

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Expert FAQ: Are Major Auto Insurance Companies Discriminating Against Low-Income Drivers?

February 3, 2013

According to a case study conducted by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), some of the largest automotive insurers charge some safe drivers more per month than those with poor driving records. NerdWallet investigated these [...]

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