The intrinsic complexity of the financial derivatives market has emerged as both an incentive to engage in it, and a key source of its inherent instability. Regulators now faced with the challenge of ...

For far too long, brokers have been selling their older clients complex investments known as structured products. These products are so risky, and so costly in fees, that some of them are almost sure ...

CHICAGO - When it comes to choosing derivative instruments, some portfolio managers still think the more complicated they are, the better. But as the stock markets become increasingly volatile and ...

Thomas J Catalano is a CFP and Registered Investment Adviser with the state of South Carolina, where he launched his own financial advisory firm in 2018. Thomas' experience gives him expertise in a ...

Unless you have been living on Mars for the last few years the acronym WMD or weapons of mass destruction has, thanks to George Bush and friends, become a well-known acronym. Another person fascinated ...