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Investment Losses
One exec pays off risky loan, another pays a big price
January 23, 2010
Greg AndrewsEmmis' Jeff Smulyan paid off a loan collateralized by nearly all his Emmis stock. Retired Duke Realty Chairman John Wynne
is facing new fallout from his margin loan, with the lender on his Williams Creek home pursuing foreclosure.
MoreSKARBECK: Stocks that pay dividends can provide yield, safety
January 23, 2010
Ken SkarbeckThese are challenging times for savers who demand a high level of safety from their investments.
MoreJohnson County woman guilty of securities fraud
January 7, 2010
Wanda Robertson was sentenced to eight years in prison, with four years suspended, after pleading guilty Wednesday.
MoreConseco shares fall on weak profit forecast
December 8, 2009
J.K. WallCarmel-based insurer also wants to amend bank loans to assuage investor concerns ahead of $200 million stock offering.
MoreUPDATE: FBI searches Durham-owned company offices
November 24, 2009
Greg AndrewsOhio securities regulators say Tim Durham's Fair Finance Co. won't be permitted to sell additional investment certificates
unless it satisfactorily answers a series of questions about the company's ability to pay them back.
MoreSKARBECK: Getting a good price hinges on stock's value
November 14, 2009
Ken SkarbeckMaking investment decisions based on where a stock price has been in the past or betting on where it may go in the future
is futile and foolish unless the investor has determined the value of the stock.
MoreSKARBECK: Lenders still not serious about serious reform
October 31, 2009
Ken SkarbeckThe early signs point to meek efforts by the Obama administration to address gaping regulatory issues.
MoreSKARBECK: Market a bright spot amid worrisome economy
October 17, 2009
Ken SkarbeckThe financial media have the corks ready to pop as the Dow Jones industrial average re-crosses what pundits claim is the â??psychologically
importantâ?? 10,000 level.
MoreState charges Stifel Nicolaus didn't disclose risks of auction-rate securities
October 1, 2009
IBJ StaffAn administrative complaint filed today by the Indiana Secretary of State's Office alleges Stifel Nicolaus failed to disclose
risks associated with the sale of auction-rate securities to 141 Hoosiers who invested $54.9 million.
MoreSKARBECK: Hedge fund superstars take it on the chin
September 19, 2009
Ken SkarbeckLauded as "masters of the universe," the star investment managers overseeing the largest hedge funds built
huge expectations they couldn't fulfill.
MoreSKARBECK: More reforms sought for target-date funds
June 29, 2009
Ken SkarbeckTarget-date mutual funds, a popular investment vehicle in 401(k) plans and college savings plans, have recently come under
scrutiny by Congress and regulators. Investors are in an uproar over the recent poor performance of funds nearing their target
date.
MoreLed by educators instead of investment specialists, state teachers fund fell into $67M hole
May 25, 2009
J.K. WallThe people overseeing the Indiana State Teachers Association Insurance Trust had no background in investments or insurance,
likely leaving them ill-equipped to grasp the ever-larger amounts of complicated investments the trust was buying.
MoreLilly Endowment has made few changes despite massive fall in value
May 18, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinLilly Endowment lost 26 percent of its value in 2008, falling from $7.7 billion to $5.7 billion. What's different about the
Indianapolis-based endowment is that its most recent loss caps a downward slide that's lasted eight years.
More'Epic' investment losses hit hospitals
May 11, 2009
J.K. WallFinancial reports trickling in from Indianapolis' major hospitals show why the city's health care building boom ground to
a near halt this year. It ran into a wall of investment losses.
MoreComplex bond schemes haunt Indy, other cities
April 20, 2009
Ken SkarbeckThe city is just beginning to digest the news that came out of left field regarding Indianapolis Water Co.'s bond transaction
gone wild.
MoreForeclosure investors shift to buy-and-hold strategy
April 6, 2009
Sam StallInstead of buying and selling, investors with ready cash are buying houses at substantial markdowns, turning them into rental
properties and sitting tight until the market improves.
MoreAuction-rate securities suit names Stifel's Cohen, others
March 30, 2009
IBJ StaffAmong defendants named in a Missouri lawsuit against investment firm Stifel Nicolaus and Co. is Stifel Managing Director Jeffrey
Cohen, who is based in the company's Indianapolis
office.
MoreSeasoned stock pros size up slump
February 23, 2009
Sam StallMedia pundits regularly call the current economic crisis the worst since the Great Depression. One of the few Indianapolis
financial experts who's actually qualified to make such a comparison is Donald C. "Danny" Danielson, the 89-year-old vice
chairman of City Securities Corp.
MoreA showy millionaire faces spate of lawsuits
February 16, 2009
Greg AndrewsA recent spate of lawsuits, filed by a who's who of Indianapolis businessmen, exposes cracks in Tim Durham's veneer of opulence.
MoreCIB could ask for $34 million in write-offs from Circle Centre investors to ease deficit
February 16, 2009
Cory SchoutenA group of mostly local companies that made big investments to help launch Circle Centre mall soon could be asked to write
off a portion of profits they agreed to redirect into the construction of Conseco Fieldhouse.
MorePapa's college funds hit the skids
February 9, 2009
Mickey MaurerWhen I read the year-end statements from the 529 College Saving Plans I had established for the benefit of my grandchildren,
I felt lower than a snake's belly.
MoreCorporate shareholders should demand more
February 9, 2009
Ken SkarbeckFree marketers cringe at the thought of government interference, but the fact is that the taxpayer is now a significant shareholder
in a number of financial businesses.
MoreCredit crisis reverses student lender's growth
February 9, 2009
J.K. WallISM Loans is waiting to re-enter markets after halting its lending, changing its leadership and cutting 100 workers.
MoreBuy-and-hold a bad tactic in these market conditions
February 2, 2009
If world leaders don't quickly demonstrate the courage to stop printing money, the long term is shot. And since that courage
isn't likely to surface anytime soon, investors should rethink traditional strategies now.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.