Financial Center Breaking News

Wells Fargo acknowledges problems in foreclosure paperwork
NEW YORK - Wells Fargo, which has stood by its foreclosure paperwork for weeks as other major lenders discovered errors and halted sales, conceded Wednesday it had discovered some flaws in its documents as well.
Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:15:01 EDT

Mortgage scandal boosts investors' campaign to get banks to buy back securities
Since the financial crisis broke out two years ago, unhappy investors in mortgage securities have struggled to organize themselves and achieve a common goal - force big banks to buy back loans that went bad because of shoddy lending practices.
Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:39:03 EDT

After surprising third quarter, investors still watching their step
Woo-boy, did that thing ever turn around. Remember the slog of August? Punishing heat. Lousy returns. A limp recovery. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index ended the month down 5.9 percent for the year. Just four weeks later, the broadest measure of U.S. stocks had rallied to end the third q...
Sat, 09 Oct 2010 17:22:00 EDT

Cash-rich real estate investors trigger bidding wars, frustrate other buyers
Investors have reemerged with brute force in the Washington region's real estate market over the past few months, triggering bidding wars in some neighborhoods teeming with foreclosed properties and hindering traditional home buyers such as Melissa Diggins.

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST

Many Small Investors Have Sat Out Rally
NEW YORK, Oct. 14 -- Wall Street may be cheering the rally in the U.S. stock market, but many individual investors watched the Dow Jones industrial average soar past the 10,000 mark Wednesday on the sidelines.
Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

First Rumblings of New Investment?
United Airlines is planning a major purchase of new airplanes in the next few years, a sign that corporate America may once again be developing an appetite for new investment.
Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

A New Set of Smart Investing Rules for the Post-Crisis Era
Do the old rules of investing still apply? "Buy and hold" has proved a good method for cutting your wealth in half. Regularly rebalancing a portfolio has sent money straight to sectors, such as financial-company stocks, that plunged steeply. And, though it's said that no one can successfully time...
Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT