Saturday, October 15, 2011

NYTimes: Financial Planner’s Red Flags

The country's largest employer of certified financial planners is accused of putting its own employees' 401(k) money into underperforming funds.

http://nyti.ms/qJ5sWm

NYTimes: Foreclosures Empty Homes, and Criminals Fill Them Up

The police say that boarded-up homes in parts of Queens are being taken over by addicts, dealers, prostitutes, gang members and thieves.

http://nyti.ms/pxWreI

Friday, October 14, 2011

NYTimes: Consumers’ Right to Sue

In CompuCredit v. Greenwood, the Supreme Court should rule that a statute explicitly creating a right to sue trumps a contract allowing only arbitration.

http://nyti.ms/qnefIE

NYTimes: Bank Rules That Serve Two Masters

A Congress that wants to have it both ways is creating a muddle of the regulations under the Dodd-Frank Act.

http://nyti.ms/qX1PDQ

Thursday, October 13, 2011

NYTimes: How to Stop the Drop in Home Values

The only real solution to plummeting home values is to permanently reduce the mortgage debt hanging over America.

http://nyti.ms/qvzFAY

NYTimes: Whose Jobs Are at Risk in Free Trade

A report from the Joint Economic Committee of Congress finds that the American workers most likely to be hurt by free-trade agreements are also those likeliest to have a hard time finding new jobs.

http://nyti.ms/qXdNAQ

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

NYTimes: Online Game Challenges You to Live On $1,000 A Month

An online game called Spent lets you see what it's like to live on $1,000 a month.

http://nyti.ms/qUF4o0

NYTimes: Fed Oversight of Nonbank Financial Companies Is Weighed

The Financial Stability Oversight Council voted to seek public comment on a proposed rule that laid out the standards by which some financial companies could fall under stricter regulation.

http://nyti.ms/n69oPg

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

NYTimes: Your Economic Outlook: Mixed Up

On the whole, contributors to an interactive project about the economic outlook seemed slightly more hopeful about their own prospects than about the overall economy.

http://nyti.ms/mQ6n0S