Doug Cubberley

Doug was Assistant Managing Editor at InvestmentNews from 2010 to 2012, before moving on to Investopedia.com as Senior Supervising Editor. Connect at: Linkedin

Doug Cubberley
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Obama targets muni bond tax exemption for those earning over $200K
INVESTING FIXED INCOME NOV 04, 2011
Obama targets muni bond tax exemption for those earning over $200K

Earn over $200,000? If so, President Obama's proposed cut to the municipal bond tax exemption could hit your wallet hard.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 03, 2011
Buzz: Black eye for Finra

Gold traders most bullish since July
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 02, 2011
Gold traders most bullish since July

Twenty-two of 25 people surveyed by Bloomberg expect the metal to rise next week, the highest proportion since mid-July.

SEC claim that Morgan Keegan misled ARS investors is nixed
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 01, 2011
SEC claim that Morgan Keegan misled ARS investors is nixed

Judge shoots down SEC claim that Morgan Keegan misled auction-rate securities investors

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 31, 2011
Mary Schapiro lands in hot seat again

BofA's Moynihan to answer 'skeptics' in Berkowitz conference
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 31, 2011
BofA's Moynihan to answer 'skeptics' in Berkowitz conference

Bruce Berkowitz's Fairholme Capital Management will hold a 90-minute conference call with BofA CEO Brian Moynihan on Aug. 10 during which investors in the Fairholme Fund, which holds 92.6 million shares of the bank, will get to ask about its sagging share price.

SEC signed for $557M in office space it didn't need
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 28, 2011
SEC signed for $557M in office space it didn't need

The SEC conducted a flawed analysis to justify a $556.8 million lease for office space that turned out was largely unneeded.

Former SEC counsel David Becker rejoins old firm amid Madoff scrutiny
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 28, 2011
Former SEC counsel David Becker rejoins old firm amid Madoff scrutiny

David Becker, who quit as Securities and Exchange Commission general counsel before he was sued over inherited profits from Bernard Madoff's fraud, has rejoined the law firm where he worked before taking the SEC post.

UBS will pay $12M over naked shorts
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 27, 2011
UBS will pay $12M over naked shorts

UBS AG, Switzerland's biggest bank, will pay $12 million to resolve Financial Industry Regulatory Authority claims that a brokerage unit allowed millions of short-sale orders to be placed without reasonable grounds to believe that the securities could be delivered.

INcite: Want to create jobs? First cut capital gains taxes
NEWS RIAS OCT 26, 2011
INcite: Want to create jobs? First cut capital gains taxes

Along with jobs, raising taxes on the rich is one of things the Wall Street protesters feel strongly about, as Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic governor of New York, is learning all too well.