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What Does a Mutual Fund’s Term Tell Investors?
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Leveraged Municipal Bond Arbitrage: What Went Wrong?
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Regions Morgan Keegan: The Abuse of Structured Finance
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Futures-Based Commodities ETFs
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Leveraged ETFs, Holding Periods and Investment Shortfalls
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Charles Schwab YieldPlus Risk
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Auction Rate Securities
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Are Structured Products Suitable for Retail Investors?
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Structured Products in the Aftermath of Lehman Brothers
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Modeling Autocallable Structured Products
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The Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2011 - "Citigroup Loses Muni Case"
"Citigroup Loses Muni Case" reports on the $54.1 million FINRA award in the case of Hosier ...
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The Wall Street Journal, March 31, 2011 - "Complex Bond Faces Regulators' Scrutiny"
"Complex Bond Faces Regulators' Scrutiny" reports on ongoing SEC and FINRA investigations into the sales of reverse convertibles. The article quotes Craig M ...
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The Wall Street Journal, January 11, 2011 - "Schwab Pays in YieldPlus Settlement"
"Schwab Pays in YieldPlus Settlement" reports on Charles Schwab Corp.'s $119 million settlement with the SEC over its marketing of the YieldPlus fund as an ...
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The Wall Street Journal, November 13, 2010 - "Structured Notes: Not as Safe as They Seem"
"Structured Notes: Not as Safe as They Seem" discusses the growth in sales of structured products in 2010. The article quotes Craig McCann on the mispricing ...
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The New York Times, October 9, 2010 - “It’s Not Nice to Mess With J.R.”
“It’s Not Nice to Mess With J.R.” reports on the $11.6 million award Larry Hagman, who played J.R. in the hit television series Dallas, won against Citigroup. Paul Meyer testified ...
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The Wall Street Journal, September 25, 2010 - "How Safe Is Your Bond Fund?"
"How Safe Is Your Bond Fund?" describes the dramtatic impact of changes in how Morningstar calculates the average credit quality of bond m ...
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The Wall Street Journal, July 27, 2010 - “Crisis-Era Munis Haunt Wall Street"
“Crisis-Era Munis Haunt Wall Street” reports on the continued havoc caused by leveraged municipal bond arbitrage hedge funds which had been marketed to retai ...
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New York Times, May 21, 2010 – “‘100% Protected’ Isn’t as Safe as It Sounds”
“‘100% Protected’ Isn’t as Safe as It Sounds” cites SLCG research on the value of Lehman Brothers Principal Protected Notes sold to retail investors.
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