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• Commentary: Public mistrust of the investment industry 

  In the current economy, the public has grown to mistrust the government as well as the investment industry. Such mistrust is warranted: In my...

  Daily Record (Rochester, NY), 09/09/09 by George W Karpus · More from publication

• Commentary: A misguided notion of risk 

  Many consultants and academics will tell you that a more volatile investment is riskier than a less volatile investment. They will say that the...

  Daily Record (Rochester, NY), 04/29/09 by George W Karpus · More from publication

• Commentary: Has Madoff made off with your money? 

  Charles Ponzi is going to be replaced in the history books by Bernard Madoff as having defrauded more investors and on a much larger scale. The...

  Daily Record (Rochester, NY), 12/31/08 by George W Karpus · More from publication

• Commentary: An investment you can mortgage the house to buy 

  The credit crunch has created an investment opportunity that you can "mortgage the house" to buy, so that is exactly what I have just done! I...

  Daily Record (Rochester, NY), 12/03/08 by George W Karpus · More from publication

• Commentary: Investment rating services deserve an 'F' 

  Many investment committees write guidelines to permit money managers or institutions to buy investments based on ratings provided by companies such...

  Daily Record (Rochester, NY), 09/24/08 by George W Karpus · More from publication

• Commentary: Barack Obama and municipal bonds 

  We live in a democracy where everyone has a vote. Senator Obama wants our nations wealthy to pay their "fair share" of income taxes. According...

  Daily Record (Rochester, NY), 08/20/08 by George W Karpus · More from publication

• Commentary: Subprime mortgage problem creating opportunity 

  Quite frankly I do not understand the subprime mortgage problem. In fact, about five years ago I was admonished and insulted by a Bear Stearns...

  Daily Record (Rochester, NY), 02/06/08 by George W Karpus · More from publication

• Commentary: 401K plans: Are you doing the right thing? 

  Do you really care about the best interest of your employees? Is it important to increase the participation in your 401k plan? To cut plan cost...

  Daily Record (Rochester, NY), 12/19/07 by George W Karpus · More from publication

• Commentary: A red tag sale on muni bond funds 

  Municipal bond funds are ordinarily a rather boring asset class - - nice for those in the higher income tax brackets, but usually below average to...

  Daily Record (Rochester, NY), 12/05/07 by George W Karpus · More from publication