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Mary Schapiro lands in hot seat again

Nov 2, 2011

Investment News-“This is a tough situation for Chairman Schapiro because the SEC is cast with overseeing Finra, which this case shows has been altering documents, and recently the SEC itself came under fire for destroying documents,” said Denise Voigt Crawford, a Texas Tech University Law School professor, retired Texas securities commissioner and former president of the North American Securities Administrators Association Inc.

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Tips to Manage Personal Wealth in Volatile Markets: NAPFA

Nov 1, 2011

AdvisorOne - “We have to take the macro view for our clients.” So said Susan John, chair of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors, at NAPFA’s Practice Management & Investments conference last week in Brooklyn, which hosted more than 200 advisors, scores of exhibitor booths and a large roster of seminars and speeches.

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Market Wrap-Up for Oct.31 (HUM, MCY, CVX, C, MF, GS, MS, more)

Nov 1, 2011

Dividend.com - It was the last day of the month (and Halloween as well), so I’ll be bracing for door duty tonight as the kids make their rounds looking for treats. Unfortunately no treats for investors today as the markets took it on the chin to end what was an otherwise solid month of gains for the indices.

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PGC International Annual Symposium Focuses on Mitigating Natural Disasters

Nov 1, 2011

USGNN - Experts from various government and private agencies talked about hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes and how best to fight natural disasters during the Protective Glazing Council International's annual symposium on October 26 at the National Institute of Standards (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md.

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