Merchants Bank of Indiana is top home-grown bank
Merchants Bank of Indiana, whose main office is in Carmel, books better numbers than any other Hoosier bank.
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Top investment minds weigh in on erratic market
In recent weeks, two of the planet’s most respected investment minds have weighed in with their thoughts on the state of the world’s financial affairs—Bill Gross at PIMCO in southern California and Jeremy Grantham of GMO LLC in Boston. It is always worthwhile to examine their thoughts and the logic behind them. As investor hopes […]
Growing government likely to keep bull at bay
President Obama is wrong when he says government
is the only solution to what ails America’s economy. In reality, his thoughts are tragically flawed. Government, as we know it today, is the problem.
Recession has a domino effect on venture capital
Call it a trickle-down effect, but not the kind President Reagan would have liked. The recession has cost most institutional
investors, such as university endowments, about a quarter of their value. As a result, venture capitalists’ primary source
of funding has dried up. The implications for Hoosier entrepreneurship are stark.
Angel investment group off to flying start
HALO Capital injects $8 million into startups in first year of operation despite recession and membership turnover.
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Buy-and-hold evidence can be misleading
You’ve heard all the nonsense from the mainline advisers and brokers. They say a buy-and-hold approach is the answer, the
market always comes back, and diversified investing is the key to long-term success. You are starting to get the sense that it’s all bull. Here’s why.
White River Capital negotiating new terms for its First Chicago Bancorp merger
In a March 13 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, publicly traded White River revealed it’s postponed its merger with First Chicago Bancorp, and now is negotiating new terms.
Complex bond schemes haunt Indy, other cities
The city is just beginning to digest the news that came out of left field regarding Indianapolis Water Co.’s bond transaction gone wild.
Stem cell discovery promises health care revolution
Scientists are using a new stem-cell technique that may someday revolutionize care for disorders as diverse as diabetes, Alzheimer’s
disease and muscular dystrophy.
Conseco’s Prieur, others suffering steep losses on purchase of shares
Conseco CEO Jim Prieur keeps putting his money where his mouth is, purchasing more than a half-million shares of his company’s stock over two years.
Skarbeck: Shareholders must hold fiduciaries’ feet to the fire
The economic downturn has provided shareholders an opportunity to press for change
on a variety of corporate governance issues.
Foreclosure investors shift to buy-and-hold strategy
Instead of buying and selling, investors with ready cash are buying houses at substantial markdowns, turning them into rental
properties and sitting tight until the market improves.
Commuting shifts $87 billion in Indiana
Fully 40 of Indiana’s 92 counties derived more than half of their earnings from commuters bringing back their compensation from somewhere else.
Auction-rate securities suit names Stifel’s Cohen, others
Among defendants named in a Missouri lawsuit against investment firm Stifel Nicolaus and Co. is Stifel Managing Director Jeffrey
Cohen, who is based in the company’s Indianapolis
office.
Avoid temptation to delay property tax payments
If you are late in making property tax payments, begin to chip away at your bill by making weekly payments.
Banking system’s history should help ease fears
Since people must have confidence in the financial system for it to function properly, it is incumbent upon our leaders to
take action and assure the people their money is safe.
Banks fighting heists with shrewd precautions, technology
Crime is not random, according to public safety experts, and bank security strategies focus primarily on deterrence.
Dow tightens grip on prized Indianapolis unit
Locally based Dow AgroSciences, one of Indianapolis’ top employers, may not be going on the sale block after all.
Financial crisis yields opportunity for local banks
A national study finds that many community banks continue to prosper.