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1. Who is Alan Krueger?
(U.S./Nation)

... revealed the Federal Reserve lent a peak of $1.2 trillion to banks and brokerage houses in December 2008, part of a program that cycled trillions in public money to prop up financial institutions during ...

2. NJ SREC Value Crash
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... selling right now for $176, and who is buying them? A few months ago when we began to recieve "newsletters" from the SREC "brokerage" houses predicting a "Glut" of SRECs in the 2011-2012 Energy Year. Flett ...

3. Black swan funds: Do they make sense?
(Money/Economy)

...  There are more sensible ways to hedge against a black swan, such as buying U.S. Treasuries though a brokerage account or buying a money-market fund that invests only in U.S. Government obligations. As ...

4. Hamptons billionaire leaves behind $100M ATM receipt
(Money/Economy)

... at Delaware’s Discover Bank. Some brokerage firms allow you to withdraw from your trading account like it was a savings account, making the yield much higher. New Jersey Newsroom reported that Tepper ...

5. Three alleged New Jersey con men charged with defrauding brokers in shipping scam
(N.J./State)

... exploited opportunities for fraud on the Internet, we have stepped up our efforts to detect and prosecute such white collar criminals through our Financial and Computer Crimes Bureau.” Freight brokerage ...

6. Is your money-market fund safe?
(Money/Economy)

... at one dollar. This includes not only individual investors but large corporations, brokerage firms and others that temporarily park vast sums of cash with the funds. The funds are often regarded as a desirable ...

7. Wealth insight: A mutual fund primer
(Money/Economy)

... when a mutual fund is purchased through a brokerage firm.  Loads can be very costly to the investor: If you do not know these loads exist, you can end up paying for them without ever realizing it. ...

8. 2011 Tribeca Film Festival roundup
(Entertainment/Movies)

... your country's future? Irate that its politicians are wholly owned subsidiaries of banks and brokerages? If you're Icelandic comedian and rocker Jon Gnarr, you run for office yourself in this hilarious ...

9. ‘Gnarr’: Movie review and trailer
(Entertainment/Movies)

... the island nation enthusiastically deregulated its banks and brokerages in 2001. Hijinks ensued. There as here, ratings agencies, politicians and the media looked the other way while bankers and brokers ...

10. N.J. brokerage firm Montclair Funding Group allegedly involved in kickback scheme
(Money/Economy)

... a kickback scheme that involved a New Jersey based brokerage firm, said U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman. According to the complaint filed in Newark Federal court March 21, Matthew Sheldon a representative ...

11. A horrible way to invest $1 million
(Money/Economy)

... day, he told me: “We’re 100 percent fee-only. We’re fee-only zealots. We receive no soft dollars. We’re only fiduciaries. We’re squeaky-clean.” (Soft dollars: a hidden commission – as when a brokerage ...

12. Commercial Energy Brokerage
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This is a fantastic article. It really underscores the need for New Jersey commercial and residential customers to look for the absolute BEST PRICING for electricity and natural gas service. Our service ...

13. New Jersey brokers busted for ripping off former Mets star Cliff Floyd and other investors
(Money/Economy)

... repeatedly solicited clients in their private deals, hidden from the brokerage firm's view," Bureau Chief Marc B. Minor said. "According to the findings set forth in the summary order, this culminated ...

14. Zina Martin of Jackson sentenced to prison for defrauding investors
(N.J./State)

... investor monies were commingled in a brokerage account of Kairos Financial. Deputy Attorney General James Ruberton prosecuted the case. The case was investigated for the Bureau of Securities by Supervising ...

15. Free financial planning advice from experts!
(Money/Economy)

... CFP a grocery bag full of "bearer bonds" – bonds fully negotiable, like cash, by whomever had them. He wanted them deposited into his brokerage account. The CFP checked the value of the bonds: $200,000. ...

16. N.J. cities facing massive layoffs
(Money/Economy)

... real estate brokerage Grubb & Ellis, feels that the Newark layoffs could harm the city's economy, which is still coping with an economic downturn that has wreaked havoc on its budget. Kolodkin said ...

17. Richard Pisacane of Wayne gets prison for misuse of insurance premiums
(Money/Economy)

Operated Northern Financial Group brokerage in Bayonne A Passaic County man was sentenced five years in state prison Friday for misappropriating more than $300,000 in insurance premiums. Richard Pisacane, ...

18. New law protects New Jersey senior investors from deceptive "senior advisor'' titles
(Money/Economy)

... by investment counselors in connection with securities brokerage and investment advisory activities. On July 6, Gov. Chris Christie signed legislation placing New Jersey among 31 states that now offer ...

19. Five N.J. financial advisers judged tops by Barron’s
(Money/Economy)

... are from Morris County. Independent financial advisers do not work for brokerage firms like Merrill Lynch. Criteria that Barron's used: assets under management, revenues generated for their firms, and ...

20. Richard Pisacane of Wayne pleads guilty to stealing insurance premiums
(Money/Economy)

... be ordered to pay $300,355 in restitution to Lincoln General Insurance Co. Pisacane was the CEO of the now-defunct insurance brokerage firm Northern Financial Group Inc., which was located in Bayonne ...