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A protester stands outside the annual JPMorgan stockholders meeting Tuesday: Some observers argue that government watchdogs would need God-like powers to regulate such mega-banks effectively.

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Wall Street : The List

Protesters outside the annual Bank of America shareholders meeting in North Carolina: The PR teams of the country's biggest banks have had their work cut out for them this year.

Wall Street's rough year: 5 ways banks have shamed themselves

Posted on May 25, 2012, at 2:33 PM

The embarrassing financial crisis is practically ancient history, but the country's banking titans are still finding ways to infuriate ordinary people

Wall Street : Opinion Brief

JPMorgan's billion-dollar loss: Time to break up the big banks?

Posted on May 16, 2012, at 2:04 PM

A handful of mega-banks dotting the financial landscape are too big to fail, putting taxpayers and the global economy at risk every time they stumble

Wall Street : Controversy

A $2 billion trading loss that JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dillon initially dismissed as a "tempest in a teapot" wiped out $13 billion from the company's value the day after it was revealed.

Did JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon break the law?

Posted on May 15, 2012, at 3:00 PM

The mega-bank's stock is plunging, its reputation has been battered, and now the Justice Department is investigating whether it committed a crime

Wall Street : Burning Question

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon: Does he even understand the increasingly complex computer games his own bank is playing?

JPMorgan's $2 billion loss: Time to fire CEO Jamie Dimon?

Posted on May 14, 2012, at 12:01 PM

The nation's largest bank is scrambling to contain the fallout from a risky bet gone wrong, but some say the purge has to start at the top

Wall Street : Opinion Brief

Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive of JP Morgan Chase and Co, attributes his firm's $2 billion loss to "errors, sloppiness, and bad judgment."

JPMorgan's shocking $2 billion loss: Proof we need stronger financial reform?

Posted on May 11, 2012, at 1:00 PM

Four years after the financial crisis, another major bank gets caught making huge, risky bets that went sour. Critics say it's time for a serious crackdown

Wall Street : Analysis

By the end of January 2008, President Obama had raised well over $7 million from Wall Street moguls, but by January of this year he had raised just $2.4 million.

Has Obama been too tough on Wall Street?

Posted on May 4, 2012, at 8:00 AM

The president is losing the support of financial titans, who complain that Obama has demonized their industry. But critics of the 1 percent aren't shedding any tears

Wall Street : Instant Guide

After Citigroup shares dropped 44 percent last year, investors are demanding to know why CEO Vikram Pandit should be rewarded with a hefty bonus package.

How Citigroup shareholders smacked down their CEO's massive bonus

Posted on April 18, 2012, at 1:49 PM

Though the bank endured a painful stock drop last year, Vikram Pandit stood to collect a huge pay package. Not so fast, said shareholders

Wall Street : Opinion Brief

Traders signal offers in the pit of the Chicago Board Options Exchange: A different Chicago-based futures exchange was denied the right to take bets on the outcome of the 2012 election.

Should investors be allowed to bet on the 2012 election?

Posted on April 6, 2012, at 11:45 AM

Investors complain after the feds bar them from trading contracts that pay off, or don't, depending on which candidate wins the White House

Wall Street : Opinion Brief

New York's financial district: Interest rates remain at an all-time low, and big banks are eagerly trying to profit on their ability to borrow money for free.

Is Wall Street hooked on the Fed's 'monetary morphine'?

Posted on March 27, 2012, at 12:22 PM

Stock markets jump every time the central bank hints that it will continue to support the economy, and some say the Fed is creating a a dangerous dependency

Wall Street : Instant Guide

A NYSE trader: BATS Global Marketing made its mark Friday with a majorly mishandled IPO that has been chocked up to computer problem.

BATS Global Markets: The 'spectacularly botched' IPO

Posted on March 26, 2012, at 11:52 AM

America's third-largest stock exchange saw its own shares plunge on the first day of trading — along with its reputation

Wall Street : Fact Sheet

They may not be the violent, but many Wall Street financiers are psychopaths who lack empathy and interest in others, according to a new study.

Why is Wall Street full of psychopaths?

Posted on March 1, 2012, at 1:09 PM

A surprisingly high number of financiers have an "unparalleled capacity for lying," according to a new, unsettling report that's rattling the industry

Wall Street : Instant Guide

Abandoned bungalows in Far Rockaway, New York: In 2008, this beachside town was referred to as "ground zero" of the subprime mortgage crisis.

The return of subprime bonds: Is Wall Street courting disaster?

Posted on February 21, 2012, at 1:01 PM

Everything old is new again, as investors snap up bundles of the same toxic subprime loans that led to the great crash of 2008

Wall Street : Opinion Brief

Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson reportedly gave top hedge fund managers a secret tip about the trouble at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ahead of the 2008 meltdown.

Hank Paulson's 'astonishing' insider tip to Wall Street

Posted on November 30, 2011, at 11:10 AM

Bloomberg reports that as Treasury secretary, Paulson gave a potentially lucrative heads-up to hedge fund managers. Should we be outraged?

Wall Street : By the numbers

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says that newly revealed details about the Fed's bank bailout were kept secret to prevent a stigma against banks that took part.

The Federal Reserve's 'breathtaking' $7.7 trillion bank bailout

Posted on November 28, 2011, at 6:02 PM

A new report on the 2008 financial crisis reveals some shocking numbers that dramatically exceed the $700 billion TARP bailout

Wall Street : Winners and Losers

Former New Jersey governor Jon Corzine may come out of MF Global's bankruptcy with a $12.1 million severance package, but he can say almost certainly say goodbye to a political comeback.

MF Global's 'spectacular' collapse: Winners and losers

Posted on November 2, 2011, at 2:02 PM

The brokerage firm files for Chapter 11 in one of the biggest bankruptcies in U.S. history. But not everyone is particularly upset

Wall Street : The List

Former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine heads the brokerage firm MF Global, which filed for bankruptcy on Monday, and is still scrambling to find $700 million in missing customer money.

MF Global: Where is the bankrupt firm's missing $700 million?

Posted on November 1, 2011, at 4:06 PM

Jon Corzine's brokerage house files for bankruptcy — after the feds discover loads of cash missing from customers' accounts

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