With various stock indices posting records recently, and stock strategists forecasting another bull run in 2014, some Americans may be breathing a bit more easily about
Barlett & Steele Bronze Award Winners “Inside Game: How Corporate Insiders Profit Ahead of the Public” By Susan Pulliam, Rob Barry, Michael Siconolfi and Jean
The Wall Street Journal jumped into the murky world of insider trading to see how executives traded their companies’ stock. A database they created using
We might take a number like profit margin and look at maybe 100 different variables to figure out which one explains profitability the best, so
If you haven’t caught up with happenings on the financial services beat lately, a handful of recent reports of interest are ripe for localizing with
As they say, time flies: Hard to believe that later this month it will be five years since the mortgage meltdown, Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy filing
The free investigative webinar, “Shell Companies and Fraud: An Investigative Primer,” was first offered on May 21, 2013. A similar conference session was offered at
Credit card debt is down; medical debt and student loans are up, and the median net worth of Americans is still far below levels of
Spring break is coming up for college students and families, and it’s an opportunity to prepare not only some interesting feature stories about the tourism,
By Mary Fricker What types of stories emerge from covering the repo market that are interesting? What stories are not being covered that should be
Silver and gold, silver and gold…It’s quite the refrain this season and not just in the venerable folk song about Christmas tree ornaments. And with consumers,
The free workshop, “Dig Deeper: Ratios and Red Flags in Financial Statements,” took place Sept. 27, 2012. If you’ve been covering public companies for a
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