Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, economics, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) and has ...

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Cryptocurrencies often make headlines for their price swings. For example, Bitcoin fell by over 70% from its November 2021 all-time high. To manage this volatility, investors are increasingly using ...

The brokerage industry’s self-regulator is launching a so-called sweep exam looking at how firms are handling their ...

Investors who want a trifecta of market exposure, decent upside and protection from losses might take a closer look at structured notes. These fixed income securities are a relatively new type of ...

Consistent with its mission of investor protection, FINRA announced today that it will review firm practices regarding higher-risk structured products, specifically non-principal protected "worst-of" ...

Fish and Fowl Today's column is something different. Rather than advance an argument, as this space customarily does, it describes an investment type: structured notes. Normally, I leave investment ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . With stock market volatility likely to remain high until the COVID-19 crisis ends, many investors have become ...

I always tell people to Google “structured notes” to see what comes up. The first page of search results is filled with FINRA warnings, stories of complexity, high fees and a lack of liquidity and ...