Treasuries Extend Slump as S&P 500 Adds to Weekly Gain

Treasury 10-year notes extended the biggest weekly drop in eight months amid concern inflation may accelerate as the economy improves. Oil increased, while U.S. stocks capped the biggest weekly gain of the year. Ten-year Treasury yields added one basis point to 2.29 percent at 4 p.m. in New York after...

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Dodd-Frank Rules Slow at SEC After Court Cost-Benefit Challenge

Less than halfway through the process of implementing the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the pace of rule-writing by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has slowed by about half. The agency’s five commissioners haven’t met once in the last four months to approve or propose regulations required under Dodd-Frank, designed to curb the kind of risky practices...

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Tax Liens Promising 18% Returns May Be a Case of ‘Buyer Beware’

After Brian Finkelstein first heard about tax-lien investments three years ago, the former bond trader found the potential for 18 percent returns so compelling he jumped into the business full-time. Like other investors, Finkelstein, chief executive of Broad Financial LLC in Monsey, New York, is hunting for yield as the Federal Reserve indicates it...

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