Laura Oatney

• Equity indexes: A guide for beginners

  By Laura Oatney  |  May 13, 2010

  A history and guide to equity indexes and how they are composed and traded.

• Derivatives reform debate

  By Laura Oatney, Christine Birkner  |  January 1, 2010

  H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, was passed in the House, but not before industry leaders weighed in.

• How to avoid investment fraud

  By Laura Oatney  |  December 1, 2009

  How can you avoid investment fraud when some of the so-called brightest minds in finance have fallen victim to such schemes? Follow basic rules, which some of those experts failed to do.

• Finding trends

  By Laura Oatney  |  September 1, 2009

  While the trading world is constantly looking for a “Holy Grail” indicator often using complex algorithms and artificial intelligence, simple trending methods have held up over the years.

• ABCs of ETFs

  By Laura Oatney  |  June 18, 2009

  Like mutual funds, ETFs give professional and individual investors (including those of more moderate means) the opportunity to own a share in a diversified pool of assets. Unlike mutual funds, ETFs

• CFTC “defines” public director

  By Laura Oatney  |  May 13, 2009

  Originally published in February 2007, the acceptable practices were defined to include three operating provisions: at least 35% public representation on boards of directors, board-level regulatory

• Regulator "defines" public director

  By Laura Oatney  |  May 13, 2009

  Originally published in February 2007, the acceptable practices were defined to include three operating provisions: at least 35% public representation on boards of directors, board-level regulatory

• No safe (tax) haven

  By Laura Oatney  |  March 19, 2009

  Senator Carl Levin, (D-Mich.) is sponsoring a bill (S. 506, Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act) which, according to Levin, “targets offshore tax abuses that rob the U.S. Treasury of an estimated $100 billion

• Vaca: Beating the markets

  By Laura Oatney  |  March 19, 2009

  For Francisco Vaca, chairman and chief executive officer of Vaca Capital Management LLC (VCM), that opportunity took the form of a cancelled project — the construction of Fermilab’s superconductor.