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The Motley Fool
December 16, 2011
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J. Christopher Flowers: Corzine's Kingmaker The private equity magnate J. Christopher Flowers buoyed MF Global with a timely investment, but with that money came the seeds of the broker's undoing.   |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2011
McCluskey & Beyers |
MF Global: Who Knew What, and When? What customers, brokers, and employees saw leading up to the bankruptcy. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
MF Global: Fraud, Incompetence, or a Bit of Both? MF Global's implosion was epic. But was it pure stupidity, outright fraud, or a bit of both that caused it? |
The Motley Fool
November 25, 2011
Beyers & Koppenheffer |
Who's Responsible for the MF Global Mess? Take Your Pick A closer look at the key players in unwinding the futures and commodities failure. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
$1.2 Billion Vanishes From MF Global In the midst of futures broker MF Global free-falling into bankruptcy, it was revealed that $1.2 billion of supposedly segregated customer money had disappeared. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2011
Beyers & Koppenheffer |
What Really Killed MF Global An amped-up business model is taking blame it doesn't deserve. |
BusinessWeek
November 7, 2005
Emily Thornton |
Refco: The Reckoning Perils lurk in the shadows of private finance. Money is pouring into hedge funds and buyout firms. Will investors learn? |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2005
Dean Paton |
Keeping an Eye on Refco The IPO roster includes companies benefiting from the commodity boom. Among them, Refco is one to watch. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
U.S. Regulators' Epic Fail Rules are on the books that should have allowed orderly transfer of MF Global's customer funds. But that's not happening. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
Jon Corzine: The Wrong Man for the Job When Jon Corzine took over as CEO of MF Global, he brought with him a penchant for risk-taking. It was a drive that would ultimately prove the company's undoing. |
The Motley Fool
June 20, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
MF's Global Meltdown Derivatives broker MF Global unnerves investors by delivering a double-shot of bad news. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2011
Alex Dumortier |
MF Global: Oversight Failure Once the board of directors allowed Corzine to wear two hats as an executive and a trader, the odds of the firm failing increased exponentially. |
The Motley Fool
November 14, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
Where's the Money, Jon Corzine? The bankruptcy of MF Global isn't breaking news anymore, but roughly $600 million of customer money is still missing in action. As Warren Buffett likes to say, you only know who's swimming naked when the tide goes out. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
The Wreckage of Refco The futures and derivatives broker continues its spectacular collapse. |
The Motley Fool
November 4, 2011
Morgan Housel |
What's Next for Jon Corzine? End of an era for a reckless risk-taker. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2005 |
Blotter Cooked Books... Direct Violation... Busted Market Timers... |
The Motley Fool
November 21, 2011
Beyers & Koppenheffer |
MF Global: It Just Keeps Getting More Remarkable As much as $1.2 billion in customer funds may be missing from MF Global's coffers. |
BusinessWeek
May 12, 2010
Silver-Greenberg et al. |
Jon Corzine Is Working at MF Global. Say What? He's been the head of Goldman Sachs and the Democratic senator from and governor of New Jersey. Yet Corzine's third act may be the most surprising of them all |
The Motley Fool
August 8, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Is MF Global Cheap Enough Yet? Plagued by false rumors and a legitimate rogue trader, the stock has lost nearly four-fifths of its value year to date. |
The Motley Fool
November 14, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Behind the Scenes of the Market: Derivatives and Risk How risk is calculated and the way derivatives are really traded. |
The Motley Fool
December 27, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
You Want Real Change in the Financial Industry? Fund manager and legal crusader James Koutoulas is taking on powerful interests in the banking industry and refusing to back down. |
BusinessWeek
May 28, 2007
Frederik Balfour |
Can China Defuse Its Stock Market? Index futures might create stability, but Beijing fears they could prick the bubble. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
Refco's Falling House of Cards A week of dramatic press releases culminates in investor confusion and charges of fraud. How much is the clearinghouse worth now? There is not enough information available today to answer that question. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
MF Global Shares Should Have Dropped: What You Need to Know Shares of troubled broker MF Global stayed perfectly steady today. However, that was only because trading in MF Global's shares was halted. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2011
Alex Dumortier |
MF Global Infographic: How the Trade Actually Went Down A credit rating downgrade was all it took to spark a liquidity crisis. |
Financial Advisor
April 2009
Evan Simonoff |
Perception And Reality Davis Selected Advisors' Chris Davis explains why bear markets can provide huge opportunities. |
The Motley Fool
October 25, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
The Merc Still Works The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is certainly a great business, but is it still a great stock? |
Financial Advisor
May 2006
Louis Stanasolovich |
Managed Futures: Worth A Look Most financial advisors and the general public have little knowledge of managed futures as an investable asset class, but they offer a way to increase returns and diversification in a long-term bear market. |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Are Options a Sucker's Bet? Options have a bad reputation, but they aren't all bad. |
The Motley Fool
December 30, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
This Is When to Worry About Your CEO If CEOs don't have a serious stake in the company they're running, they may find it easier to take big risks and leave investors holding the bag. |
The Motley Fool
July 16, 2007
S.J. Caplan |
Scouting the Latest IPOs An investor's roundup of new-issue hits, misses, and no-shows. Airvana... Dice Holdings... Encore Bancshares... ImaRx Therapeutics... Orbitz... etc. |
The Motley Fool
December 9, 2011
John Reeves |
Jon Corzine Returns to Washington An account of Corzine's appearance before the House Agriculture Committee regarding his role in the collapse of MF Global. |
Registered Rep.
September 20, 2013
Brad Zigler |
Finding Order in (Commodity) Chaos Managed futures funds have struggled recently, but historically outperform equities (at least on a risk-adjusted basis). Here's how retail investors can play along. |
