Tag: for investors
Island Investing: Status of Reform
From my column last Saturday in the Keys Weekly. Q. What’s the latest on financial reform? A. Last week the Senate passed major financial reform legislation that is in now being reconciled with a bill passed by the House last year. Once the differences are ironed out, it will be signed into law. The legislation, […]
Island Investing: Volatile Markets
Q. What’s with all this volatility in the market lately? A. It’s been a strange, tough few weeks in the stock market. From the crisis in Greece to the Gulf oil spill and the bizarre 1,000 point “flash crash” in the Dow, there are plenty of reasons the market seems uncertain. Take inflation. Two months […]
Island Investing: Goldman Sachs
My column today from the best little newspaper south of Jewfish Creek, the Keys Weekly. Q. What exactly did Goldman Sachs do to get into such trouble? A. Late last week, the country’s premier investment bank Goldman Sachs was accused of securities fraud in a civil suit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The […]