Free Financial Today

By Evan Brown You changed all your light bulbs to fluorescents. You bought a Prius. Everything you own is made from recyclable materials, and all of your produce is organic and locally grown. Yet when you go to check how your stocks are doing, you realize you’re portfolio is a who’s who of polluters and [...]

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration’s aggressive plan for strict scrutiny of hedge funds and other freewheeling investors, part of the biggest expansion of financial restraints since the Great Depression, is drawing instant opposition from Republican lawmakers and the rules’ targets. And skeptics are questioning whether the new rulebook would work anyway. [...]