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The Motley Fool
June 19, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Finally, Money for Auction-Rate Securities A new product may finally save investors stuck with frozen auction-rate securities.   |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Auction Rate Agony Investors get frozen out of their money as auction rate securities shrivel. |
The Motley Fool
March 7, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Auction-Rate Anxiety The credit crisis hits leveraged mutual fund shareholders. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2008
David Geracioti |
The Auction-Rate Mess And You Many retail investors have recently learned the hard way that auction-rate securities aren't as safe as they thought. |
CFO
July 15, 2009
Vincent Ryan |
Buyer's Remorse Treasury departments are still paying a price for auction-rate securities. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2008
Donna Mitchell |
Auction-Rate Securities Dust Settles, But What About Small Brokerages? Observers expect red faces as regional brokerage customers are left out of the settlements and advisors better prepare for some harsh words. |
The Motley Fool
December 23, 2009
Robert Steyer |
The Daily Walk of Shame: Auction Rate Securities Auction rate securities were promoted as being as safe as CDs, but when the ARS soured in early 2008 and customers wanted their money back, promoters said the accounts were frozen. |
Registered Rep.
June 3, 2009
David Geracioti |
ARS Games -- SEC Blames Firms, Settles with BAC, RBC and DEUTSCHE When the auction rate securities market froze up in February 2008, angry clients blamed their financial advisors. |
Registered Rep.
March 28, 2008
David A. Geracioti |
More Trouble In Auction-Rate Securities Land The State of Massachusetts Secretary of State is investigating the sales practices of auction-rate securities, to learn how these securities are presented to individual clients in the state. |
Registered Rep.
July 20, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
The Auction Rate Securities Mess Still Lives This time it was TD Ameritrade, without admitting or denying guilt, who settled with the SEC "for making inaccurate statements when selling auction rate securities (ARS) to customers." |
Registered Rep.
December 11, 2008 |
SEC Finalizes $30 Billion ARS Settlement With Citi And UBS The $30 billion settlement is the largest in SEC history and restores liquidity to ARS investors at par value of their holdings. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2008
Rich Duprey |
The Auction-Rate Thaw Turns to a Flood Settlements by big investment banks may finally inundate the frozen market with cash. |
Wall Street & Technology
May 19, 2008
Ivy Schmerken |
A Freeze in Auction-Rate Securities Opens a Door for the Restricted Securities Trading Network In the wake of the credit crisis, Restricted Stock Partners' Restricted Securities Trading Network, which was designed to trade restricted stocks, is rescuing investors trapped in auction-rate securities. |
Registered Rep.
September 3, 2008
John Churchill |
Brokers Charged In Fraudulently Selling $1bn Of ARS To Retail Clients In the first case of its kind, the SEC announced today that it has charged two individual financial advisors with fraud related to the sale of more than $1 billion in auction-rate securities. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2009
Tim Beyers |
Should Your Broker Pay for Your Losses? When New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Monday sued Charles Schwab for allegedly misrepresenting the risks inherent with auction-rate securities, he sent a message: Take care to warn investors early and often, or suffer the consequences. Is this a good idea? |
Registered Rep.
October 8, 2008 |
Bank of America Reaches Second Settlement To Buy Back ARS The agreement closely mirrors the firm's earlier settlement with the Massachusetts Securities Division that was announced in September, 2008. |
Investment Advisor
June 2008
Joseph & Trincal |
The Continuing Crisis in Auction Rate Securities While news of trouble at monoline insurers seems to have slowed since February, the municipal bond sector still faces critical challenges. |
Registered Rep.
July 31, 2008
John Churchill |
Massachusetts Says Merrill Defrauded ARS Clients Among the many claims against Merrill Lynch is that management censored otherwise gloomy fixed income research in order to move volatile inventory out of company inventory and into client portfolios. |
Registered Rep.
June 29, 2011
Kristen French |
Raymond James Hit With $300 million ARS Settlement; Pay Back For All ARS Clients The company has agreed to a multi-state settlement that will require the firm to buy back $300 million in auction rate securities it sold to clients prior to the collapse of the ARS market in February of 2008. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2006
Lynn Hume |
TBMA Launches Bond Indexes The Bond Market Association published the first of a weekly series of eight indexes covering different kinds of auction-rate securities. The indexes are designed to give issuers and investors benchmarks to evaluate the rates they are getting on securities sold through the auction process. |
Registered Rep.
November 8, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
Auction Rate Revenge For tens of thousands of investors who were trapped in the auction rate securities debacle that started in 2008, finances are getting back to normal. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2008
Andrew Ackerman |
DOE Supports Loans The U.S. Department of Education plans to provide liquidity support to the student loan market. |
Registered Rep.
August 7, 2008
John Churchill |
Citi Settles With SEC and Cuomo Over ARS Failure The firm has agreed to buy back auction rate securities sold to institutional and retail investors nationwide who've been stuck with the illiquid investment vehicles since February 12, 2008. |
OCC Bulletin
May 22, 2002 |
Unsafe and Unsound Investment Portfolio Practices Description: Supplemental Guidance This bulletin alerts banks to the potential risk to future earnings and capital from poor investment decisions made at the current low level of interest rates... |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2011
Donna Mitchell |
Hot Topics FINRA steps in... $80 million settlement of two class-action suits by Securities America... Whistleblower payday... |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2010
Alan J. Foxman |
Blamed for ARS He Didn't Sell Misrepresenting auction-rate securities... BrokerCheck public disclosure system... |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2008 |
Correction The correction of a quote regarding information gathered from brokerage clients invested in auction-rate securities. |
Investment Advisor
May 2008 |
News & Products, May 2008 Pension funding ratios fell 11% in the first quarter of 2008... FINRA, NYSE Regulation, Inc., and participants of the Options Regulatory Surveillance Authority are coordinating new, tougher regulatory efforts... |
The Motley Fool
April 10, 2008
Rich Smith |
Bed Bath & Beyond Bombs Bed Bath & Beyond wraps up 2007 with a report that came in light on sales, and predicts flat to slightly negative comps looking forward. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2008
Andrew Ackerman |
In First, Mass. Sues UBS In the first state-level lawsuit against an investment firm over auction-rate securities, Massachusetts has filed securities fraud charges against UBS for selling retail investors auction-rate paper as "liquid, safe, money-market" instruments even though the defendants knew it was not. |
Wall Street & Technology
January 20, 2008
Cory Levine |
Fixed-Income Products Fail to Go Fully Electronic New research reveals that not all types of fixed income securities are experiencing rapid electronification. |
The Motley Fool
January 2, 2008
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Bed Bath & Beyond Sleeps In In advance of earnings, analysts expect home-furnishings retailer Bed Bath & Beyond to show 9% sales growth and a small rise in profits. |
The Motley Fool
January 19, 2007
Matthew Crews |
Dueling Fools: Bed Bath & Beyond Bear Rebuttal While Bed Bath & Beyond's future growth is creating shareholder value, that value is already discounted into today's share price. |
Registered Rep.
June 9, 2008 |
Credit Downgrades, More Write-Downs And The ARS Market Credit downgrades to MBIA and AMBAC Financial Group, the world's largest bond insurers, will lead to more write-downs at Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and UBS, according to a new research report. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2008
Zoe Van Schyndel |
The Risky Business of Securities Lending Is your mutual fund betting with your money? |
Financial Advisor
March 2008
Evan Simonoff |
Editor's Note Thoughts on the credit crisis and crazy speculation. |
Registered Rep.
September 10, 2008 |
Bank of America to Buy Its ARs Back The nation's second-largest bank by assets settled an investigation by Massachusetts regulators, agreeing to buy back $4.5 billion worth of the securities. |
The Motley Fool
January 6, 2009
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Bed Bath & a Defunct Rival In advance of earnings analysts expect Bed Bath & Beyond to show a not surprising plummet in profits. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Bed Bath & Beyond Debt-Free The leading home-goods retailer keeps its balance sheet clean and delivers strong results. |
OCC Bulletin
April 9, 2002 |
Risk-Based Capital A final rule permits banks to reduce the risk weight on certain claims against qualifying securities firms from 100 percent to 20 percent... |
Registered Rep.
June 26, 2008
John Churchill |
Tough Morning For Brokerage Sector Stomachs are surely turning at the wirehouse brokerage firms this morning. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2008
Rich Smith |
Beware Bed Bath & Beyond The retailer offers some positive numbers, but look a little closer. |
The Motley Fool
March 12, 2010
Rich Smith |
This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades Bed, Bath & Beyond shares took a tiny tumble, knocked off balance by a downgrade to "underperform" from FBR Capital. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2005
Jeremy MacNealy |
Bed Bath & Be-Yawn It has been a flat 12 months for the retailer's stock, despite record results. Is the market too demanding? |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Is Bed Bath & Beyond a Buy? Investors should leave Bed Bath & Beyond behind. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2006
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Slower Bathing at Bed Bath & Beyond Bearish investors see a continued trend of slowing growth and decreasing profitability. If that ends up being the case, the stock is expensive at these levels. |
Wall Street & Technology
November 26, 2007
Larry Tabb |
Be Careful of The Transparent OTC Market While exchanges may make PR gains by talking about the sanctity of transparent and regulated markets, they should be cautious of what they wish for -- for when a market shock occurs, whether listed or not, liquidity dries up and prices fall. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
A Lukewarm Bed Bath Recent results at home furnishings retailer Bed Bath & Beyond were nothing to write home about, but things could have been much worse, given the plummeting trends in residential home sales. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2006
Donald Jay Korn |
It's a Good Year for Cash With interest rates up and other assets flat or sinking, cash is a winning bet as well as a safe one. |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2009
Henry et al. |
Credit Creaks into Gear With a big boost from the feds, investors again like securities backed by assets like car loans -- but it'll take years for lending to flow freely. |
