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Bloomberg to Meredith Whitney: Where Are the Defaults?
By John SullivanThe predictin’ business ain’t easy. Star analyst Meredith Whitney made the bold call eight months ago that a record number of municipal defaults would occur, as state and locals governments struggled to shore up their balance sheets.
July 13, 2011
China Set to Stress-Test BrokeragesChina plans stress tests for brokerages to protect its financial markets.
July 12, 2011
S&P Equity Research, Showing Not All S&P 500 ETFs Alike, Favors SPYAn S&P Equity Research report on S&P 500 index ETFs finds that what's inside matters most--namely, stock weightings.
July 12, 2011
Euro Zone Pledges Help for Greece, But Sets No TimetableEuro zone ministers discuss ways to help Greece out of its debt crisis as fears mount of the spread of problems to Italy and Spain.
July 12, 2011
Majority Leader Cantor Denies Debt-Ceiling Conflict Over InvestmentA spokesman for Rep. Eric Cantor tells AdvisorOne that the Congressman strongly denies Huffington Post charge that his portfolio would benefit from a U.S. government default.
July 11, 2011
Top Portfolio Products: First Trust ISE Cloud Computing Index Fund; Goldman India and Korea FundsThis week in new products, ISE announced a First Trust cloud computing ETF while Goldman Sachs launched funds focused on India and Korea.
July 08, 2011
CFTC Toughens Rules; One Takes Aim at FraudWorking to finalize close to 50 rules, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved five on Thursday, including one designed to combat fraud and manipulation.
July 07, 2011
PIMCO Sets Low Price for Total Return ETF; El-Erian on QE3ETF version of famed Total Return bond fund set at 55 bps; El-Erian says 'low odds for QE3'