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The Motley Fool
May 24, 2007
Toby Shute |
Bankers Crashing the Alt-Energy Party With the increasingly attractive economics of projects ranging from wind farms to hydroelectric plants, JPMorgan is finally prepared to join the alternative energy party.   |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: The Real Problem With Shorting If naked shorting is as easy and pervasive as they claim, why do short-sellers have to shell out such exorbitant sums (20% in some cases) to get borrows? |
Registered Rep.
May 22, 2007 |
Sick Days Merrill Lynch recently announced a new sick-day protocol that shaves down employees' sick-days from 40 to 4. The firm claims the move brings Merrill in line with its competitors. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2007
Toby Shute |
Bear Gets Physical Yesterday, Bear Stearns' energy trading subsidiary announced that it has agreed to buy the power assets of Williams. Now, in addition to engaging in the derivative trades of your typical trading desk, Bear will also be selling that energy directly to end-users. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
Growth Is Tough for Godzilla-Sized Banks These two Japanese financial Goliaths are heading in the right direction, but size and unattractive returns make them tough to get excited about. |
Registered Rep.
May 21, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
Schwab Institutional President "Retires" Deborah McWhinney, president of Schwab Institutional, retired this morning at the age of 52, something communicated to the firm's advisors and employees via e-mail. |
The Motley Fool
May 22, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Building a Better Style Box? Meet a possible competitor to Morningstar's mutual fund classification system. Instead of measuring how assets are currently invested, a new system currently being tested by AthenaInvest studies how well a manager follows one of 10 overarching strategies. |
Registered Rep.
May 17, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
Massachusetts Enforces Rules On Use of Senior Designations The state's Securities Division adopted the nation's first regulation requiring advisors to advertise only accredited credentials, or credentials that can clearly demonstrate that they call for meaningful expertise, when offering financial advice to elderly clients. |
Bank Systems & Technology
May 21, 2007
Katherine Burger |
Online Banking Growth Outpacing That of Call Centers, Branches, ATMs, TowerGroup Report Says According to a recent report, online banking is increasing in use at an annual rate of 27% -- compared to 7% for the call center, 1.4% for the branch and only 0.5% for ATMs. |
The Motley Fool
May 21, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Is Your Mutual Fund Headed for Extinction? Niche mutual fund products may not have staying power. |
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