Connecticut's budget gap will likely hurt social service recipientsBy Harriet JonesAugust 07, 2017Harriet Jones/ for MarketplaceSome lawmakers are eyeing the hedge fund industry as a potential piggy bank.POSTED IN: business union pension Connecticut nation Economy hedge funds ListenreadDownloadDownload
Why are we increasingly becoming passive investors?By David BrancaccioAugust 04, 2017JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty ImagesThe search for that one great undervalued company is becoming less common.POSTED IN: stocks stock market markets funds Investing ListenreadDownloadDownload
The stock market isn't the same as it was in the '80s, and that has big consequences for your retirement savingsBy David BrancaccioMay 26, 2017Visual HuntIt doesn't seem like the spirit of the Roaring '80s will come back anytime soon.POSTED IN: stock market. retirement funds bonds ListenreadDownloadDownload
Bill Ackman's billion-dollar bet against Herbalife By Kai Ryssdal and Bridget BodnarMarch 16, 2017FilmBuff, a Gunpowder & Sky company'Betting on Zero' documents the not-so-simple story of Ackman's attempts to short the nutrition company's stock.POSTED IN: Bill Ackman Carl Icahn Herbalife Wall Street short sell hedge funds ListenreadDownloadDownload
Introducing exchange-traded funds with 'biblical values'By Mark GarrisonMarch 07, 2017Eric Thayer/Getty ImagesThe companies that are being screened out include those that are vocal about lesbian, gay and transgender issues.POSTED IN: stocks ETFs exchange traded funds values ListenreadDownloadDownload
New Jersey eliminates cash bail for people accused of some crimesBy Joe HernandezJanuary 09, 2017Mark Makela/Getty ImagesA study in 2013 found that nearly 40 percent of people in New Jersey jails were only there because they could not afford to pay their bail.POSTED IN: bail system bail funds low income prison ListenreadDownloadDownload
When you can't make bailBy Sabri Ben-AchourJuly 27, 2016Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesFor some people, posting even small bonds can be a huge burden. POSTED IN: bail bail funds poverty ListenreadDownloadDownload
The world's biggest hedge fund is cutting back on recruiting new hiresBy Marketplace staffJuly 18, 2016Larry Busacca/Getty Images for The New York TimesBridgewater Associates isn't hiring at the moment, says a new report.POSTED IN: Bridgewater Associates Ray Dalio hedge funds read
You and me? We want to maximize shareholder value, tooBy Scott TongJune 16, 2016Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesA lot of the money behind activist investors comes from pension funds and mutual funds.POSTED IN: activist investor Mutual funds shareholder value ListenreadDownloadDownload
