These are the following remarks delivered by Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary L. Schapiro as part of the Brodsky Family Fund Lecture Series at Northwestern University School of Law on Nov. 9
The SEC should move with haste to revamp 12(b)-1 fees
High levels of correlation in the U.S. stock market have made picking individual stocks increasingly difficult. Recent studies indicate that about 80% of price action in the majority of widely traded stocks is closely correlated to a related index.
The following is an edited transcript of <i>InvestmentNews' </i>technoogy round table, held in New York Sept. 15
The debates in Congress about whether to extend the Bush-era tax cuts and unemployment benefits, and about the DREAM Act, which would give children of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, have delayed action on another tax measure that must be addressed: the annual temporary fix of the alternative minimum tax
RBC Wealth Management (U.S.) chief executive John Taft, the incoming chairman of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, delivered remarks at the organization's annual meeting Nov. 8 in New York.
Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, have accomplished something politicians rarely achieve: Their plan to cut the federal government's deficit to a sustainable 2% of gross domestic product over a number of years includes something distasteful to virtually everyone.
In the rush of year-end activity, it's important not to forget your IRA-related to-do list. The following are some of the most overlooked year-end items.
The Great Depression was the trigger for the creation of the Social Security system, which greatly reduced poverty in old age.
