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Adding value by slowing things down?

By Sabri Ben-Achour

June 17, 2016

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The IEX would be a new market to trade on with a 350 microsecond delay. — Spencer Platt/Getty Images

IEX, a market with a 350 microsecond delay, could make a difference to investors.

POSTED IN: stock exchanges Securities and Exchange Commission high frequency traders

It's surprisingly hard to figure out what big banks spend to follow the rules

April 13, 2016

A man walks past JP Morgan Chase's corporate headquarters in New York City. — (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

But even if we did, would it matter?

POSTED IN: Banks big banks dodd-frank Securities and Exchange Commission JPMorgan Chase

Yields on the 10-year T-note fall below 2 percent

January 20, 2016

Think of the T-Note as lending to the government. — PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images

Wait, but what is that again?

POSTED IN: bonds Treasurys securities

Company tests new waters for small-scale investors

By Rickey Bevington

November 10, 2015

John Mangham, in Atlanta, is a borrower, who purchases, renovates and sells residential property. Lately, he's been getting loans from Groundfloor. — Courtesy Lauren FitzHugh, Groundfloor

Groundfloor lets non-accredited investors get in on small-scale real estate deals.

POSTED IN: real estate investment Securities and Exchange Commission

Exxon target of climate change probe

By Sabri Ben-Achour

November 06, 2015

An Exxon gas station in Burbank, California. — David McNew/Getty Images

What did the company know about the issue and what did it tell shareholders?

POSTED IN: climate change Exxon securities law

Five years on, Dodd-Frank still controversial

By Kimberly Adams

July 21, 2015

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew speaks during an event marking the fifth anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law at the Newseum July 20, 2015 in Washington, DC. — Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Regulators are still writing rules for the financial reform law.

POSTED IN: dodd-frank Dodd-Frank law Securities and Exchange Commission

Why the SEC is all about 'broken windows'

By Tracey Samuelson

September 11, 2014

John Moore/Getty Images

The SEC employs an enforcement strategy coined in the 1980s.

POSTED IN: Wall Street Securities and Exchange Commission

A fracking story too good to be true

August 27, 2014

“It’s sort of like a modern-day California gold rush,” says attorney John Hanger, a former Pennsylvania environment and utility regulator. “So it’s created a tremendous psychology of money to be made, that may make some people vulnerable.” — David McNew/Getty Images

You know a technology's hot when stock market scammers make it part of their pitch.

POSTED IN: fracking chimera Securities and Exchange Commission

Why you should be wary of your financial adviser

By Tracey Samuelson

August 12, 2014

Accountant Mike McGirr helps a customer prepare his income taxes at Liberty Tax Service on April 14, 2014 in San Francisco, California.

Brokers don't always act in clients' best interest.

POSTED IN: personal finances Securities and Exchange Commission brokers financial advisor