Opinions

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  Greg MacSweeney
  What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You
  Each day investors wake up to more bad news in the financial markets. Worse yet, many thought their assets were safe, only to find out that the financial crisis is hurting even low-risk investments.
• NYSE Specialist Elimination Is Overdue
  The NYSE specialist may soon be eliminated and replaced with designated market makers. But whether these new market intermediaries are effective and profitable is questionable.
• Who Will Eventually Foot the Bill for Cleaning Up the CDO and Sub-Prime Mortgage Mess?
  Once the dust settles, investors should ultimately pay the price for taking risky bets on CDOs.
• Financial Technology Firms Receiving Private Equity Funding
  Technology firms are starting to receive private equity funding. But any private equity firms investing in financial services technology providers will also need IT management skills. Otherwise, they risk turning a once promising company into a bad investment.
• The Forest for the Trees
  Maybe I have been a part of the industry for too long?

Blog

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  Gregory MacSweeney
  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: The New Kid on the Block Top economics and financial officials met with Timothy Geithner today to discuss the futur...
• Compliance Watch: Keeping Client Data Safe
• The Myth of the Rational Market
• Need Stock Advice? Some Investors Are Turning to Psychics
• New SEC Rules for Financial Advisers
• Bernie Madoff's Life Behind Bars

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