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June 7, 2013The mega rich have become the hottest property in private banking and wealth managers are pulling out all the stops to court them, offering perks ranging from lunches with sports stars to track days at the Monaco Grand Prix circuit.
The...
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June 7, 2013Wall Street's industry-funded watchdog will soon publish the latest in a series of warnings to investors, this time about the risks of alternative securities, its chief said on Tuesday.
Low interest rates and worries about investing in...
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June 7, 2013New York state sued HSBC Holdings Plc for ignoring a law designed to protect struggling homeowners from being thrown into foreclosure without getting a chance to renegotiate their mortgages.
The lawsuit filed by Attorney General Eric...
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June 7, 2013The world's wealthy will continue to trust their fortunes to stable, neutral Switzerland even as a clampdown on tax evasion undermines the country's secrecy laws, Swiss bankers said.
"The worn-out cliche has it that the sector was built on...
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June 7, 2013A corruption-fighting Nigerian politician points a gun at a Swiss banker and demands the names of his rich Nigerian clients. When the banker refuses, the delighted official produces a cash-filled briefcase and asks to open an account.
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June 6, 2013NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Banks are experiencing big declines in overdraft revenues, but is...
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June 3, 2013These are unsettling times for digital currency businesses and the venture capitalists backing them.
On Tuesday, authorities in Spain, Costa Rica and New York arrested five people at the digital currency firm Liberty Reserve, including its...
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June 3, 2013For investors who piled into bond funds this year, the past week has been an abject lesson of how to get bruised in short order.
An uptick in yields smacked bond prices, which move inversely to yields. Funds investing in high-yield and...
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June 3, 2013Baby boomers have been talking a good game for years about working longer and reinventing the last third of life. Now that it's game time, their retirement decisions look somewhat conventional.
More than half the oldest boomers - those...
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May 30, 2013OK, I have three big announcements:
It’s the three-year anniversary for NY Money Coach!It’s my one-year anniversary in New York City!I’m engaged!...
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Reverse Mortgages
The history of the checking account
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The Monthly Mortgage Payment
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The process of buying a house
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