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Ordinary folks losing faith in stocks

NEW YORK | Andrew Neitlich is the last person you'd expect to be rattled by the stock market.

E-Trade to repay misled investors

INDIANAPOLIS | A major online stock brokerage has agreed to repay Hoosier investors misled about the safety of the auction-rate securities market.

Marcus Schrenker claims wife involved in his crimes

INDIANAPOLIS | Former money manager Marcus Schrenker, a Merrillville native who tried to fake his own death and later was convicted of securities fraud, told an Indianapolis television station Monday his wife, Michelle, was an active participant in his crimes. 

Watch out for social networking investment scams, state warns

INDIANAPOLIS | The state's investment regulator is warning Hoosiers to be wary of investment advice received on social networking sites, such as Facebook or Twitter.

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Investors group scheduled to meet Feb. 13

CROWN POINT | The Northwest Indiana Investors Meet-Up group will meet from 4 to 6 p.m. Feb. 13 at Carriage Court Pizza, 211 S. East St.

NWI Investors group to meet Sunday

CROWN POINT | The Northwest Indiana Investors Meetup group will meet from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Carriage Court Pizza, 211 S. East St.

Stock trading limited as investors seek safe investments

NEW YORK | Safety first. That appears to be the new motto for investors trying to figure out how bad the emerging slowdown in U.S. economic growth is going to be.

Investment title rule intended to protect seniors

INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana investment professionals are no longer permitted to use titles implying they are experts in investing on behalf of senior citizens.