Bank lending

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  Moving Beyond the Supercommittee: Schwab Responds

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  November 23, 2011

  The Schwab Center for Financial Research released a statement, 'Beyond the Supercommittee,' late Tuesday following the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction’s failure to reach an agreement on how to reduce the debt over the next 10 years.

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  What’s Behind the U.S. Suing Big Banks Over Mortgage-Backed Securities?

  By Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M., William H. Byrnes, Esq.  |  September 14, 2011

  More bank stock declines and less lending could be in store as financial institutions face another massive round of lawsuits. The Federal Housing Finance Agency sued 17 banks on Sept. 2, alleging that the financial institutions committed securities violations in the lead-up to the recent financial crisis.

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  The Really Long View From Doug Ober of Adams Express—Weekend Interview

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  August 26, 2011

  The chief of the 82-year-old closed-end fund is thoroughly up to date with what's happening in the markets now, to his investors' benefit.

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  PIMCO’s El-Erian: World Debt Drama Just Beginning

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 4, 2011

  PIMCO’s Mohamed El-Erian says conflicts over how to deal with high levels of debt and political histrionics over the best ways to do so will be around for a long, long time.

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  Uncommon Bonds

  By Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, AdvisorOne  |  July 28, 2011

  It’s only natural, says Scott Colyer, CEO and CIO of Advisors Asset Management, that U.S. investors have focused their international investing horizons on equities, since equities have dominated the investment universe and continue to hog the lion’s share of domestic investment portfolios.

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  Chinese Lending Gains Momentum

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  July 12, 2011

  Efforts by China failed to slow down loans given by banks in the second quarter.