Image Credit: Heath Hinegardner By Jason Zweig | April 24, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET Without full and proper disclosure, investors can’t make an informed decision. Even with full and proper disclosure, however, many investors still can’t make an informed decision. That is the unspoken irony at the heart of the Securities and Exchange...
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Image Credit: Heath Hinegardner By Jason Zweig | Apr. 10, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET You might not be surprised to hear about an investor who made money betting that the Nasdaq stock index would collapse during the financial crisis—unless you found out that he is a U.S. congressman who is intimately involved in overseeing the capital markets. As Congress resumes...
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Image Credit: Heath Hinegardner By Jason Zweig | April 3, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET Has spring ever sprung quite so gloriously across the financial markets? In the first quarter, just about everything went up: U.S. stocks large and small; foreign stocks; gold; the dollar; corporate, high-yield and municipal bonds; even most Treasury bonds. Over...
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