Posts belonging to Category Money Market Funds
Posted by Page PerryonNovember 15, 2012
The Securities and Exchange Commission has ramped up enforcement actions against investment advisors, broker-dealers and senior executives over the past two years, the agency said in a statement. SEC Chairman Mary Shapiro attributed the increased activity in part to a reorganization that includes special units staffed by experts in the complex financial products and transactions […]
Categories: Brokerage Firms, Closed End Funds, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Investment Advisers, Investment Malpractice, Investor Alerts, Money Market Funds, Mutual Funds, Regulatory Developments, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools
Posted by Page PerryonOctober 24, 2012
A sell-off in U.S. Treasury securities is a virtual certainty and the only question is when and how, according to major Wall Street bankers. Wall Street banks are big holders of Treasury securities and could suffer large losses if there is a sell-off. Wall Street apparently believes that such a sell-off could be drastic unless […]
Categories: Brokerage Firms, Economy, Investment Advisers, Market Developments, Money Market Funds, Securities, Smart Investing Tools
Posted by Page PerryonNovember 10, 2011
“[I]nvestors face a perfect storm ? risky assets priced to achieve dismal long-term returns (except in comparison to equally dismal alternatives), coupled with the risk of an oncoming recession,” according to John Hussman (“John Hussman: Nearly every asset class set for ‘miserably low’ returns,” InvestmentNews).
Categories: Alternative Investments, Bonds, Brokerage Firms, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, Money Market Funds, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools, Stocks
Posted by Page PerryonNovember 9, 2011
Global liquidity is about to dry up, and “the effect on the real economy will soon be felt,” according to Mark Carney, Chairman of the G-20 Summit’s Financial Stability Board and Governor of the Bank of Canada. European banks are afraid to lend to one another because they do not know the extent of their […]
Categories: Brokerage Firms, Economy, Investor Alerts, Market Developments, Money Market Funds, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools
Posted by Page PerryonSeptember 23, 2011
Investors, especially in retirement accounts, are pouring money into so-called “stable value funds” but the stability of those funds is not as advertised. The funds are often sold as higher-yielding money market funds, but they lack the safety and stability of a money market fund. Also, the higher-than-money-market yield and stability come at a price […]
Categories: Alternative Investments, Brokerage Firms, Insurance Products, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, Money Market Funds, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools
Posted by Page PerryonJuly 6, 2011
In “Would a Greek default be automatic doom?” Mark Hulbert of MarketWatch makes the point that both those who predict that a Greek default would be like the Lehman disaster and those who predict that it would be more like the stock market advances after the last four sovereign debt crises (Mexico 1994, Thailand 1997, […]
Categories: Brokerage Firms, Economy, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, Market Developments, Money Market Funds, Securities, Smart Investing Tools
Posted by Page PerryonApril 8, 2011
Bank of America expects to face legal losses this year for anywhere from $145 million to $1.5 billion. And that is just what it can reasonably estimate. Most of these losses stem from the underwriting of mortgage-backed securities.
Categories: Bank of America, Brokerage Firms, Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities, Derivatives, Merrill Lynch, Money Market Funds, Mortgage Backed Securities, Mortgage Securities & Collateralized Debt Obligation Problems, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools
Posted by Page PerryonSeptember 16, 2010
Money market funds are accepting more risk in reaching for better yields only two years after the $62 billion Reserve Primary Fund “broke the buck,” according to a recent Wall Street Journal article by Eleanor Laise, “Money Funds Try Risk Again.” This despite new SEC safety rules requiring that 30% of money fund assets must […]
Categories: Brokerage Firms, Investment Advisers, Market Developments, Money Market Funds, Regulatory Developments, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools
Posted by Page PerryonAugust 6, 2010
Pennsylvania regulators have charged TD Ameritrade with fraud in selling its Reserve Yield Plus Fund, according to an August 4, 2010 Wall Street Journal article by Daisy Maxey, “TD Ameritrade Faces Civil Fraud Complaint Over Reserve Fund.” The Reserve Yield Plus lost money in the midst of the financial crisis in September 2008.
Categories: Brokerage Firms, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Investment Advisers, Money Market Funds, Mutual Funds, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, TD Ameritrade
Posted by Page PerryonApril 8, 2009
Another asset class is “feeling the heat” of the unstable investment market. The historically reliable asset class of money funds has been hit by the financial crisis, providing minimal yields, at best. The money fund, typically investing in short-term, high-grade IOUs, was once considered “a pillar of safety.” In the past, even if the fund […]
Categories: Brokerage Firms, Market Developments, Money Market Funds, Regulatory Developments, Smart Investing Tools