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Wells Fargo to Buy Back $1.3 Billion in Auction Rate Security Debt
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) announced today a settlement with Wells Fargo in which the bank agreed to reimburse $1.3 billion related to the sale of auction rate...

Article | Nov 18, 2009 | Views: 60 | Comments: 0
Tags: auction rate securities, ars

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TD Ameritrade Agrees to Reimburse Auction Rate Security Customers
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

Think the auction rate security saga is over? Not. Today, TD Ameritrade agreed to pay $465 million to its customers to reimburse them for losses taken in the ARS default mess.

Article | Jul 20, 2009 | Views: 122 | Comments: 0
Tags: ars, auction rate security, td waterhouse

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Thought Auction Rate Security Problems Were Over? Not Yet.
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

A year after the collapse of the auction rate security market, investors are still stuck in an estimated $176 billion of the securities, despite regulators forcing banks to buy back up to $50 billion.

Article | Feb 22, 2009 | Views: 282 | Comments: 1
Tags: bonds, auction rate securities, ars

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Many Investors Still Stuck in Auction Rate Securities
Submitted by JRodgers  (online.wsj.com)

Many who bought auction rate securities are still stuck as some banks, including TDAmeritrade, Fidelity and Wells Fargo, have refused to settle.

Article | Sep 4, 2008 | Views: 315 | Comments: 0 
Tags: fidelity, wells fargo, auction rate securities, ars, tdameritrade

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20% of Valley Start Ups Have Money Locked in Auction Rate Securities
Submitted by Mass Market Tech  (www.techcrunch.com)

Lest you think the failure of the auction rate securities market was just rattling Wall Street and Main Street, Techcrunch posted an article about how it has impacted Silicon Valley. Apparantly,...

Article | Mar 11, 2008 | Views: 503 | Comments: 2 
Tags: bonds, auction rate securities, ars

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Auction Bond Failures at 70% - No Sign of Abating
Submitted by Sam Cass  (www.bloomberg.com)

The market for auction rate securities is still failing, pushing up the yields on these bonds and preventing some investors from getting their money out. As I mentioned before, if you aren;'t...

Article | Mar 5, 2008 | Views: 551 | Comments: 0 
Tags: bonds, auction rate securities, ars, auction rate security

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Did Auditors Triggers Sell Off in Auction Rate Securities
Submitted by Sam Cass  (dealbreaker.com)

A theory from the Dealbreaker Blog that accounting changes to auction rate securities set the groundwork for the recent problems in the market.

Article | Feb 22, 2008 | Views: 565 | Comments: 0 
Tags: auction rate securities, ars, auction rate failure

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Failure in Auction Rate Security Market and What It Means
Submitted by BestCash Admin  (bestcashcow.com)

The tremors of the housing market and credit credit crisis hit another type of investment this week, the auction rate security market. The Wall Street Journal and several other business magazines...

Article | Feb 14, 2008 | Views: 8475 | Comments: 18
Tags: auction rate securities, auction rate security failure, ars failure, ars



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