Finance News in San Leandro, California,United States of America

• Department of Labor and the 99%. Consumers will continue to lose, lose LOSE!!

  Regulators throughout the U.S. are inept to the point of uselessness. The education to 401k employees was- and is- so bad that another 50% loss is...

• SEC's Schapiro and "Business-Model Neutral’- Consumers lose

  Yet another failed offering by the SEC that will surely delete the fiducairy duty by "brokers" in transactions with securities.

• Definition of Fiduciary- Reply to Department of Labor

  The ongoing debate as to who is an investment fiduciary has avoided the real problem: They are not taught the fundamentals of investing. No wonder we are in...

• Investment Risk- Put a NUMBER to it.

  Everyone talks about risk with investments. All client forms demand that one check if the investor seeks conservative, aggressive, modearte or whatever risk....

• ELDER INVESTMENTS: A CRITIQUE OF PROFESSIONAL AND CONSUMER MEDIOCRITY Part 2 Insurance

  Insurance is an absolute minefield where agents are woefully unknowledgeable. But the consumers are also to blame for bad product beause they do no homework...

• Why Securities Arbitrations are Flawed- Part 3 Industry Monikers/False Titles

  There are no more retail brokers in the United States. They masquerade as Ffinancial Consultants, Wealth Managers et al that imply a capability that does not...

• Why Securities Arbitrations are Flawed- Part 2 Sophisticated Investors

  Brokers have never been taught the fundamentals of investing. It is disengenuous to expect consumers/inestors to know more

• Why Securities Arbitrations are Flawed

  Securities losses and claims are escalating dramatically due to absymal industry and nil consumer knowledge coupled with governmental oversight that is...

• Fremont Bank Experiences Substantial Increase in Residential Lending Due to Near Record Low...

  Bank has already originated and funded more than $2 billion in 2010; with a $4.2B goal