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

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Citigroup sees significant charge after brokerage valuation
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 19, 2012
Citigroup sees significant charge after brokerage valuation

Morgan Stanley's estimate of the fair-market value of the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney unit is about 40% of what Citigroup believes the brokerage is worth, according to a regulatory filing

Buffett says muni bankruptcies set to climb as stigma lifts
INVESTING FIXED INCOME JUL 16, 2012
Buffett says muni bankruptcies set to climb as stigma lifts

Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said municipal bankruptcies are set to rise as there's less stigma attached after three California cities opted to seek protection just weeks apart.

Romney-style plan would sharply limit tax breaks, study says
NEWS RIAS JUL 16, 2012
Romney-style plan would sharply limit tax breaks, study says

A Tax Policy Center study has estimated that in 2015, Romney would need to eliminate $320 billion in tax breaks, or 30% of the total, to pay for his proposed 20% reduction in tax rates.

Biggs sees U.S. market extending slump, Europe economy worsening
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 16, 2012
Biggs sees U.S. market extending slump, Europe economy worsening

Pain across the pond will drag down U.S. market for weeks to come, says investor Barton Biggs

Biggs boosts bullish bets on stocks to 90% net long
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 16, 2012
Biggs boosts bullish bets on stocks to 90% net long

Barton Biggs, the hedge-fund manager who increased bets on equities before the Standard & Poor's 500 Index rallied this year, is getting more bullish.

CFPB says students victimized by 'subprime-style' lending
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 08, 2012
CFPB says students victimized by 'subprime-style' lending

Findings reveal that students were yet another group of consumers that were hurt by the boom and bust, said CFPB director Richard Cordray

Social Security's coming crisis quantified: $20.5 trillion
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 08, 2012
Social Security's coming crisis quantified: $20.5 trillion

The $20.5 trillion fiscal gap separating Social Security's liabilities and assets -- its unfunded liability -- is enormous; it is 1.4 times U.S. gross domestic product and 34 times annual Social Security taxes.

JPMorgan hedges were really prop trades: Meredith Whitney
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 03, 2012
JPMorgan hedges were really prop trades: Meredith Whitney

Jamie Dimon claims the $2B trading loss at JPMorgan came from a credit hedge that morphed 'into something I can't justify,' but Meredith Whitney insists it was a simple proprietary bet all along.

NEWS RIAS JUL 02, 2012
Couple who donated home for firefighters feeling burned by IRS

A Virginia couple who donated their house to local firefighters for a training exercise can't deduct the property's value from their federal income taxes, a divided U.S. Tax Court has ruled

INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 29, 2012
U.S., emerging markets are the best places to invest: Pimco's El-Erian

The U.S. and certain emerging markets are the best places to invest right now, according to Pimco's Mohamed El-Erian, but not without some risk