mark to market

Is There an Enron SItting In Your Portfolio?

Enron may be the most infamous, but it's just one of many instances of financial chicanery in recent corporate history. Examples of such shenanigans are rich, ripe, and recurring, right up to the present.

Where Are All the Commercial Real Estate Foreclosures?

The residential real estate market is drowning in foreclosures, and the problem is broadening and worsening. Similar bad loans have been made in commercial real estate, so why isn't there a comparable flood of commercial foreclosures? Here's why.

Are these five banks hiding more than $140 billion in losses?

HSBC: Banks have a pulse

Stocks soar as accounting board says 'you bet your assets'

Rally pushes stocks higher to end year's first positive month

Will GE be able to allay investors' concerns?

Is mark-to-market accounting rule driving financial crisis?

Accounting magic: Suspend one rule and watch banking woes disappear