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.
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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.
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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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February 2, 2009
Despite year-over-year revenue gains and robust earnings, the economic downturn has finally caught up with the Indianapolis
Indians.
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January 12, 2009
When the stock market cratered last year, it demolished many portfolios. But as devastating as investors' losses were, people
have suffered far worse trials and tribulations.
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January 5, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerMany investors endured appalling financial losses this year, as markets
soured and the economy slipped into recession. Now they're grieving over money once intended to fund retirement, their children's
education or major philanthropic gifts.
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January 5, 2009
Paul CoanInvestors were mad as hell last year as they watched their portfolios melt. And who can blame them? But even after holding
Wall Street, banks and the government accountable, these investors should look in the mirror.
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December 29, 2008
Greg AndrewsUnless markets surge in the final days of the year, 2008 will go down as the worst year for stocks since the Great Depression.
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December 29, 2008
J.K. WallIt was a bad year to be a shareholder of most companies. But the value of the Indianapolis-based health insurer's stock lost
more than 55 percent of its value during the year.
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December 22, 2008
J.K. WallEric Johnson, Conseco Inc.'s president over its investment unit called 40/86 Advisors, talked with IBJ about the surprises
of the investing world over the last 18 months.
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December 15, 2008
Ken SkarbeckA large number of investors are so fearful these days that they have flocked to the safest securities, pushing down interest
rates to virtually nothing.
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December 8, 2008
Greg AndrewsThe millions of dollars they plunked down to buy stock in local companies over the past two years have shriveled in value,
leaving them way, way below break-even.
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December 1, 2008
J.K. WallThe unprecedented plunge on Wall Street the last three months has spurred a couple of dozen executives and directors at Indiana
public companies to scoop up shares in their own companies.
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December 1, 2008
A new national analysis of U.S. public pension funds suggests most invest prudently, even in volatile times.
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December 1, 2008
Ken Skarbeckinvestors looking at business valuations likely will conclude there are companies selling at
prices less than their intrinsic values.
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November 24, 2008
Chris O'MalleyPrivate employers that still offer traditional pension plans are getting a big shock as they assess how much more it will
cost to shoulder retirement obligations.
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November 17, 2008
J.K. WallDennis E. Murray Sr. was declared liable in October by U.S. District Court Judge Larry J. McKinney for at least some of the
millions of dollars he borrowed to buy Conseco stock in the late 1990s.
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November 17, 2008
Ken SkarbeckExperts with the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the government's financial bailout program, are struggling to figure out how
best to relieve America's financial mess.
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July 23, 2007
Michael DabneyWhen a Butler University finance class starts investing in the stock market this fall, it won't be Monopoly money that's on
the line. In a three-year pilot program that is unique for a school of Butler's size, a group of senior finance students will
use $1 million from the university's endowment fund to invest.
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It's also across the street from Fogo de Chao and Morton's....
Yep, the haters are trying to make good news bad. I guess it is hard to get people to believe the series is dying when they are gaining new sponsors.
David Copperfield! I remember watching his specials on TV when I was little.
Don't forget this is next to an MMA gym, a pawn shop, and some abandoned spaces.
Good project for Zionsville - A group who has owned the property for many years has waited and worked patiently to bring highest and best use development to a major corridor, and mix that in with the great downtown you have. Win Win. All the Best to Pittman Partners and Zionsville.