SKARBECK: Stocks that pay dividends can provide yield, safety
These are challenging times for savers who demand a high level of safety from their investments.
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One exec pays off risky loan, another pays a big price
Emmis’ 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.
Auer Growth Fund, other Hoosier mutual funds, build on strong 2009 performances
Local fund briefly held first place among all U.S. small-cap blended mutual funds tracked by Morningstar
Inc.
Indiana businesses are welcoming investment from China
Some observers see a parallel to the state’s seeking Japanese investment following recession in the early 1980s.
Court affirms receiver for Michelle Schrenker’s assets
Indiana Court of Appeals agrees with lower court’s decision to appoint receiver to oversee finances of ex-wife of convicted
money manager Marcus Schrenker.
HALO shines on IT upstart
Policy management firm PolicyStat lands venture investment from HALO Capital Group, the angel investor network managed by TechPoint. HALO has invested a total of $12.5 million in firms statewide in the past 20 months.
Bank says Durham had no right to sell Duesenberg
A legal brouhaha over the recent auction of a Duesenberg automobile by Tim Durham has taken a new twist, with Durham’s bank
charging the financier didn’t have the right to sell the car in the first place.
HAUKE: Indicators point toward bearish bond market
There is a real possibility that the highs for the bond market have been reached, and we are in the early stages of what may turn into a powerful, sustainable and long-term bear market for government bonds.
Durham trailer-maker sued for nearly $1M
First Merchants Bank is seeking nearly $1 million from Tim Durham and his companies through a recently filed loan-default
lawsuit.
Durham’s Fair Finance drops effort to sell securities
Ohio-based Fair Finance Co. told securities regulators this week that it is withdrawing its request for approval
to sell an additional $250 million in investment certificates.
SKARBECK: Looking at stocks, 10 years at a time
During this century’s first decade, investors had to cope with the uncertainties surrounding 9/11; huge corporate failures
including Enron, Worldcom, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Lehman Brothers; and volatility wrought by both the tech and housing
bubbles.
Investors in failed Church Extension poised to recoup 70 percent
Professionals liquidating the not-for-profit have so far recovered nearly 68 percent of the $82 million owed
investors.
Johnson County woman guilty of securities fraud
Wanda Robertson was sentenced to eight years in prison, with four years suspended, after pleading guilty Wednesday.
More than 1,100 attend Fair investor meeting
A meeting of Fair Finance Co. investors held Tuesday night at a northeast Ohio hotel drew an overflow crowd of 1,100 people.
IBJ, Wall Street Journal seek unsealing of Durham records
Indianapolis Business Journal and The Wall Street Journal have joined the legal fight to unseal search
warrant documents related to the federal investigation of businessman Tim Durham.
Some of city’s most successful money managers are father-son teams
All parents hope to teach their kids the value of money. Few end up successfully investing hundreds of millions of dollars
together. But for a handful of top local teams, wealth management is a family affair.
Stifel, Rokita reach settlement in auction-rate securities case
Agreement accelerates Stifel’s repayment of $54 million in auction-rate securities sold to 142 Hoosier investors.
‘Most accurate’ forecaster predicts surge
A rising stock market will prompt consumers to start spending again, says Barclays economist Dean Maki.
Fair Finance’s past gave investors, regulators false comfort
The Akron company had been meeting its obligations for decades before Tim Durham acquired it seven years ago.
SKARBECK: What we need is a tax on stock transactions
The word “tax” tends to immediately raise the blood pressure of most Americans. And while the purpose of most
taxes is to raise revenue for the assessing government body, taxes can also be targeted toward changing individual and corporate
behavior.