Is the US housing slump turning Japanese?

We are now six years into a housing bust that bears an uncomfortable resemblance to the truly epic Japanese property blowout.

JPM shows why Volcker Rule has no teeth

The fine line between prop trading and hedging has an effect on the individual investor.

An interesting Q&A in this weekend’s Barron’s with William Hambrecht, whose firm underwrote Google’s unusual dutch auction IPO in 2004.