I wrote back in early October that financials have been an important factor in risk asset performance for the better part of the past four ...

The chart below compares the absolute return of an investment in the S&P 500 vs. the excess return of an investment in the investment gr...

At this stage, most of us are familiar with the idea that compensation within the financial services industry has grown much faster than com...

The AP reasons: Financial stocks fueled Wall Street's rally last week. On Monday, they sent the market into reverse. Hardly a week... s...

Lobbying paid for by the financial sector continued to grow in 2008 despite the turmoil. As Boston.com reports, the trend continues: Major ...

Bloomberg reports: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke rejected the idea that officials plan to use reviews of banks’ balance sheets a...