Recently, my publisher received an inquiry from a reader about day trading stocks. He said that his broker told him it was illegal to hold stocks for less than three days. What’s going on? Here’s the deal, and it’s complicated: Federal securities laws, and FINRA, call for a three-day settlement period for stock trades in… [Read More]
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March is Dummies Month!
Are you in the market for a new book? Like, say, Emerging Markets for Dummies? Or another fine book in Wiley’s . . . For Dummies series? If so, this is your lucky month! March is Dummies Month, and many booksellers are offering special deals on Dummies purchases. If you want to know more about… [Read More]
Bribery and Transparency
Today’s New York Times had a great article about new efforts to expose bribery in developing countries. All it takes is a little exposure. People sometimes justify bribes by dismissing them as gifts or tips. It’s part of the culture, they say. I was a waitress for a while in college, and I can assure… [Read More]
Fiduciary Responsiblity and Susan G. Komen for the Cure
At this point, we all know what happened: Susan G. Komen for the Cure decided to cut grant funding for Planned Parenthood, the executives gave conflicting stories about why it was cutting funding, and people all over raged on Facebook, Twitter, and what have you. Once criticism that I saw, several times, was the idea… [Read More]
Current Trends in Social Investing
Last week, I spoke at a meeting of the Chicago chapter of Women Advancing Microfinance along with Caroline Allen of Creation Investments. Here’s a recap of my speech: Essentially, we can think of social investing two ways. One is finding investments for people who want to invest socially, and the other is improving the environment,… [Read More]
