Articles Archive for November 2011
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60 Minutes reporter Steve Kroft investigates the issue that members of Congress can legally engage in the trading of stocks based upon non-public information that they acquire from their jobs on Capitol Hill.
November 13, 2011 4:02 PM
Plus, 60 Minutes OverTime
Plus, Peter Schweizer, focus source in the 60 Minutes interview and author of “Throw Them All Out,” discusses on CNBC the ethics of the House and Senate, the problem of insider trading in the U.S. Congress, and the willingness of the SEC to enforce the rules, given that they have to …
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What would a trade war with China really cost; and, more importantly, who would pay the highest price?
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Will we never learn the lessons of history? The Euro debt crisis and the global economic collapse, built on greed and lack of oversight, reflect previous geopolitical and economic periods of upheaval and global instability.
Today, however, circumstances are even more critical as global economies are fused together in an inextricable, symbiotic relationship.
Now, more than ever, the growth and preservation of individual personal finances are at the mercy of global events. It is imperative that each of us stay informed, be diligent, be skeptical regarding all matters of money and recognize …
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Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden talks with Rachel Maddow about efforts by states attorneys general to hold banks accountable for the mess they made of the economy and their dirty dealings with mortgages.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
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UPDATE: Battling The Banks On The Home Front
Paul Rieckoff, founder and executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans for America, speaks about the banks conducting illegal foreclosures on veterans and US military serving abroad.
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UPDATE: Massachusetts AG files suit against five of the nation’s biggest banks alleging foreclosure fraud.
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Investors be nimble
Stay informed and be quick
To move in and out of
The funds that you pick!
– $tock Mom
Where are the regulations in this post Dodd-Frank era with companies, like MF Global, raiding customers’ funds for their own trading?
“The MF Global example … is … prop-trading gone wild; … it’s crazy,” says Michael Masters, Founder & Chairman of the watchdog organization Better Markets, Inc.; and who has testified before Congress many times on the topic of speculation in the market and much more. “And along the way, what’s happened …
