Monthly Archives: September 2003

Sep. 23–Saying it isn’t enough for Strong Capital Management Inc. to conduct its own internal investigation into accusations of allowing improper trades in some of its funds, state Treasurer Jack C.Voight called Monday for an independent, state-controlled audit. Voight said […]

IT was bound to happen, and the Arabs have beaten us to it. Speeches by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad have been compiled into 10 comprehensive volumes and are now being marketed as an encyclopaedia. Hassan el-Zein, an […]

Rabin, Murray & Frank LLP Commences Class Action Against Strong Financial Corporation Defendants and Canary on Behalf of Purchasers of the Securities of The Strong Funds Family of Funds NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) — A class action lawsuit […]

<body.content> <block> <p>DETROIT, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ — A shareholders’ rights action has been filed by the law firm of Siemion Huckabay, et al. P.C. on behalf of an accreditedinvestor and all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired securities […]

Sep. 22–INVESTORS MAY PENALIZE SUSPECT FUNDS: After investors were kicked in the gut by Enron Corp. and other stock scandals, the first civil word that pops into mind when hearing about the newmutual fund scandal is sell. The second, third […]

Sep. 22–What’s the difference between Dick Grasso and many board members of the New York Stock Exchange? Grasso, at least, went to the trouble to read and understand where all the $139.5 million in comp was coming from. Many of […]

NEW YORK — Former Citigroup co-chairman John Reed was named interim chairman of the New York Stock Exchange on Sunday, temporarily succeeding deposed chairman Richard Grasso, who resigned five daysago. Reed, 64, was at the top of a list of […]

Avrum D. Lank Financial scandals will always be with us By AVRUM D. LANK of the Journal Sentinel staff Sunday, September 21, 2003 John Sharpless, a history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, likes to tell a story about a […]

MARKETS Time to bail on targeted mutual fund firms? Morningstar recommends selling Strong, others, but some disagree By KATHLEEN GALLAGHER [email protected], Journal Sentinel Sunday, September 21, 2003 Some mutual fund investors aren’t waiting for any more news — they’ve decided […]

401(k) ADVISER Alternative investments to stocks, bonds may be best now for a 401(k) By MICHAEL J. FRANCIS Sunday, September 21, 2003 Over the past 20 years, 401(k) investors have invested almost entirely in U.S. stocks and bonds, but a […]

Sep. 21–As Boone Pickens and his team file into their Dallas conference room, Hurricane Isabel plows across the Atlantic. Will the storm continue barreling toward the northeastern United States? Or will it veer back toward the Gulf of Mexico, disrupting […]

Recent headlines about mutual fund trading scandals may have left investors wondering what to do if their money is tied up in funds entangled in the mess. A rash decision to dump the funds – run by Bank of America, […]