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A Solo 401 (k) (also known as a Self Employed 401 (k) or Individual 401 (k)) is a 401 (k) qualified retirement plan for Americans that was designed specifically for employers with no full-time employees other than the business owner (s) and their spouse (s). The general 401 (k) plan gives employees an incentive to save for retirement by ...
1937–1986. Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. founded T. Rowe Price & Associates in Baltimore in 1937. The firm was originally headquartered at 10 Light Street and staffed by a small pool of associates, many of whom left Legg Mason 's precursor, MacKubin, Legg and Co., along with Price. [12] Initially a very small firm focused on wealth management, and ...
Financier. Known for. Leading Smith New Court (1987-1995) and Merrill Lynch Europe (1995-2003) Michael John Paul Marks (born 28 December 1941) is a British businessman, best known as executive chairman of Merrill Lynch Europe (1995 – 2003) [1] and before that CEO and then chairman of City of London stockbroker Smith New Court (1985 to 1995 ...
The 2007–2008 financial crisis, or Global Economic Crisis ( GEC ), was the most severe worldwide economic crisis since the Great Depression. Predatory lending in the form of subprime mortgages targeting low-income homebuyers, [1] excessive risk-taking by global financial institutions, [2] a continuous buildup of toxic assets within banks, and ...
Merrill Edge is an electronic trading platform and investment advisory service that provides self-directed and guided investment options for individuals and businesses. It is a subsidiary of Bank of America and was launched in 2010 after the merger between Merrill Lynch and Bank of America. Merrill Edge offers a wide range of investment ...
Fidelity Investments. Fidelity Investments, formerly known as Fidelity Management & Research ( FMR ), is an American multinational financial services corporation based in Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1946, the company is one of the largest asset managers in the world, with $4.9 trillion in assets under management, and, as of December ...
The Enron scandal was an accounting scandal involving Enron Corporation, an American energy company based in Houston, Texas. When news of widespread fraud within the company became public in October 2001, the company declared bankruptcy and its accounting firm, Arthur Andersen – then one of the five largest audit and accountancy partnerships ...
Larry Fink. Laurence Douglas Fink (born November 2, 1952) is an American billionaire businessman. He is a co-founder, chairman and CEO of BlackRock, an American multinational investment management corporation. [1] BlackRock is the largest money-management firm in the world with more than US$10 trillion in assets under management.