JPMorgan Chase may come to regret buying Bear Stearns. Suits by Wells Fargo and bond insurer Ambac claim that Bear entirely disregarded loan quality to appease its trading desk’s ever-growing demand for mortgages to securitize….
On Monday, a group of institutional investors sued Countrywide and Bank of America over Countrywide’s mortgages practices. The bank is accused of issuing vast numbers of loans using methods that went beyond lax standards and in…
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With stock markets rallying lately, cautious investors are looking to get some profits from equities while keeping conservative portfolios. Mark Caner, president of W&S Financial Group Distributors, discusses a new variable annuity product that aims to do exactly that.
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