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[2003-03-26] The Conflict of Interest Game
Disgruntled investors are going after Wall Street once again, this time accusing one of investment bank Morgan-Stanley's high-tech mutual funds of making biased stock picks.
Recent lawsuits allege the Morgan Stanley Technology fund was influenced to buy and hold stocks of companies that delivered huge investment banking fees - or could potentially bring big business - to the investment bank.
[2003-03-21] Do Lifestyle Funds Provide Greater Security?
With the stock market stubbornly refusing to settle down and smooth out, Wall Street has been scrambling to come up with "product" they can sell to gun shy investors. One such new concept is the Lifestyle fund; an extremely diversified package designed to be the single fund in an investor's portfolio.
[2003-03-20] Turner Prefers 'Ex-wives' to Reliving AOL Merger
AOL Time Warner (Quote, Company Info) Vice Chairman Ted Turner, a highly visible philanthropist and founder of CNN as well as the world's first cable superstation -- among his other accomplishments -- does not pull punches when it comes to criticizing Time Warner's decision to merge with AOL.
[2003-03-15] The Demise of Buy and Hold
Based on consistent results I think Buy & Hold should be renamed Buy, Hold & Bye Bye. It sounded great for a while, especially for the huge majority of investors who don't have the time or interest in really doing due diligence on investments.
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