risk management

Looking at investing from a child's perspective can be eye-opening. And you don't need to have kids of your own to heed these lessons. Here are five tips for thinking like a child -- and turning that into some grown-up profits.

Standard & Poor's is revamping its credit rating methodology for banks and financial institutions in a way that may cause about 40% of rated banks to get a downgrade, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

With the recession over -- in a sense, anyway -- many CEOs are happy to be standing. And after three tumultuous years, some are even cautiously optimistic. But 2011 is sure to present a whole new set of obstacles for corporate chiefs to confront -- and conquer.

Regulators may outline new rules to target so-called window dressing, a practice that some banks use to temporarily reduce their debt levels before reporting their finances. The SEC is scheduled to raise the matter at a meeting on Friday, then issue proposals for public comment, The Wall Street...

Some hedge-fund managers are having a tough year. After suffering unusual losses, two well-known managers, Stanley Druckenmiller of Duquesne Capital and Paolo Pellegrini of PSQR, are leaving the business.

The bill's limits on hedge fund and private equity investments could force Goldman to divest billions in assets, which would lower its earnings. However, the bill also lets banks stretch out their compliance with the new rules by several years, postponing the pain.

Notoriously conservative investors, insurance companies cut their hedge fund allocations in 2009. But as the sting of the financial crisis eases, they'll come back looking for stronger returns.

Low down payments, risky mortgages guaranteed by government entities, rising defaults -- haven't we been here before? Isn't this the same mix of easy money and poor risk-management that blew up the housing market in 2007 and 2008? You'd think the mortgage industry and the federal government would...