After all the furor surrounding JPMorgan Chase's $2 billion-plus loss on a massive derivatives bet, it now looks like it mya have been "tempest in a teapot" after all. JPMorgan has already exited 70% of the "London Whale" positions that got the bank into hot water.
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.
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.
