Average household far from regaining wealth, study says
The average U.S. household has regained less than half the wealth it lost to the Great Recession, a report released Thursday by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis concluded.
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MH Equity portfolio firm plans liquidation
What was once Indianapolis-based MH Private Equity's most valuable portfolio company is going bankrupt. Entertainment Publications LLC, which produces fundraiser coupon books, filed for Chapter 7 liquidation Tuesday.
Menard ousts Hilbert from investment firm
Steve Hilbert has been ousted as CEO of Indianapolis-based MH Private Equity after a bitter battle with John Menard, the hardware store king who financed the $500 million private equity firm.
Billionaires Cook, Simon see bump in net worth
Gayle Cook, the widow of Cook Group Inc. founder Bill Cook, and Herb imon, the owner of the Indiana Pacers, were two of the four Hoosiers to make Forbes’ annual list of the world's billionaires.
Columbus-based mutual fund shines in 2012
Kirr Marbach’s ‘mid-cap blend’ outpaces similar Indiana-based investments.
Investment strategists confront shrinking interest rates
You know the investing climate is unusual when a stock’s dividend yields more than bonds issued by the same company.
Despite deal, taxes to rise for most Americans
While the tax package that Congress passed New Year's Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, most of them will still end up paying significantly more federal taxes in 2013.
Analysis: Ordinary folks are losing interest in stocks
Defying decades of investment history, ordinary Americans spooked by the Great Recession have been selling more stocks than they’ve been buying. The selling has not let up despite unprecedented measures by the Federal Reserve to persuade people to buy and the come-hither allure of a levitating market.
Analysis: Simon factions make peace as tax hike looms
Widow Bren Simon and her stepchildren finally managed to settle a long legal battle over the estate of mall magnate Melvin Simon. The goal that appears to have united the survivors: Reducing Uncle Sam’s take of a fortune that has swelled to nearly $3 billion.
Items in ’12 Days of Christmas’ increase to $107,000
If you get buy all 364 items repeated throughout “The Twelve Days of Christmas” carol, you’ll pay 6.1 percent more this year, according to the so-called Christmas Price Index that PNC Wealth Management updates annually.
Storm will keep financial markets closed Tuesday
Stock trading will be closed in the U.S. for a second day Tuesday as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast. Bond trading will also be closed.
Analysis: In a crummy economy, why are stocks rising?
Economic growth is pitiful. So why are the major stock indexes just a few percentage points shy of an all-time record? Start with two words: Ben Bernanke.
COHEN: Good reason to keep gold in diversified portfolios
Metal is hedge against printing money, weakening currencies.
Local financial planner sentenced for identity theft
A former financial planner at the Indianapolis offices of Northwestern Mutual and One America-American United Life was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison and three years of probation after pleading guilty to identity theft.
Former Durham exec ordered to pay $30,000
Former Obsidian Enterprises Inc. President Terry Whitesell will pay the amount as part of a settlement agreement. A bankruptcy trustee representing investors of Fair Finance Co., owned by convicted financier Tim Durham, had sought more than $225,000 from Whitesell.
Area couple’s bankruptcy filing lists $18.5M in debt
An Indianapolis-area couple that operated more than two dozen companies—including one that provided financial counseling—has filed for bankruptcy, listing $18.5 million in debt that includes unpaid business loans and mortgages for homes in Florida and Wyoming.
IU to roll out student financial literacy program
Indiana University says its plans to offer a financial literacy program to give students the tools to complete college without excessive debt.
Hauke receiver files suit to recover $600K from Arizona investor
Attorney William Wendling will try to collect $1 million to $2 million from a handful of investors in Samex Capital Ponzi scheme.
S&P completes biggest first-quarter rally since 1998
More than $3.6 trillion has been restored to U.S. equity values since October amid better-than-estimated earnings and economic data. Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. surged 11 percent this week, as the Supreme Court debated the health care law.
Two charged in $2.2M scheme against Colts’ Freeney
A financial adviser for Indianapolis Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney and the adviser's lover have been arrested on federal wire fraud charges that allege they swindled about $2.2 million from the lineman.