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New York Times
BACK in 1940, a popular book about Wall Street asked, “Where are the customers’ yachts?” Investment firms, it lamented, always seemed to win, even when their customers lost. True then and, all too often, true now – with rare exceptions. One of them was the case of Gerald D. Hosier and Jerry Murdock Jr., who […]
Reuters
*Federal Judge Finds That FINRA panel is Correct *Investors’ losses were tied to risky municipal bond funds *FINRA panel ruling among largest to individual investors A U.S. judge on Wednesday denied a request by Citigroup to overturn a $54.1-million arbitration ruling in favor of a group of investors for losses incurred in a series of […]
Fox News
Newly uncovered emails and documents from Citigroup (NYSE:C) that FOX Business has obtained reveal that Citi executives were in open insurrection against top management over risky, speculative investments that failed in spectacular fashion in early 2008, even though Citi’s sales force had touted them as plain-vanilla, safe funds to its richest clients. That means […]
Investment News
Clients of David Lerner Associates Inc. holding shares in nontraded REITs created by Apple REIT Cos. Inc. received account statements at the end of last month in which the longtime value of the shares was shown as “not priced.” For years, shares of the real estate investment trusts were listed at $11 on client account […]
New York Times
Two individual investors just scored a remarkable win against Citigroup. A few weeks ago, the pair was awarded a total of $54.1 million in a securities arbitration case against the Smith Barney unit of the company – the largest amount ever awarded to individuals in such a case, according to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. […]