Personal Finance

By Anonymous (not verified), 23 October, 2019
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Divorce and Your Finances

While we all hope our marriages will be successful, sometimes life just doesn’t go as planned. Consider these 6 important tips about divorce and your investments.

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[email protected] (FINRA Staff)
By Anonymous (not verified), 30 September, 2019
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Tips for World Investor Week

October 1-7, 2019 is World Investor Week, a global campaign to raise awareness about the importance of investor education and protection. U.S. securities regulators offer these key messages for Main Street investors.

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FINRA Staff ([email protected])
By Anonymous (not verified), 25 September, 2019
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Cash Accounts

With a cash account, the most important thing to know is that you must pay the full amount for securities purchased in that account by the settlement date. For most securities, this means paying for them two days after you place an order to buy.

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FINRA Staff ([email protected])
By Anonymous (not verified), 13 September, 2019
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Exchanging Your Variable Annuity

Perhaps you spoke with an investment professional about an existing variable annuity you own, and the possibility of exchanging your current VA with a new one came up. Be aware that replacing one VA with another involves a comparison of the complex features of each security.

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FINRA Staff ([email protected])
By Anonymous (not verified), 30 August, 2019
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Lock Down Your Financial Emergency Kit

A major hurricane is bearing down on the East Coast, and others likely will follow. As millions scramble to prepare for this latest natural disaster, it pays to assemble a financial emergency kit now.

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[email protected] (FINRA Staff)
By Anonymous (not verified), 6 June, 2019
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Disaster-Related Financial Fraud

Last year's Atlantic hurricane season saw 15 named storms slam the East Coast and Gulf states—including mammoth Florence and Michael. It may not be possible to predict when or where the storms of 2019 will take place, but one thing you can count on is that when they hit happens, scammers will try to take advantage of the situation.

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FINRA Staff ([email protected])
By Anonymous (not verified), 24 May, 2019
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Reverse Stock Splits

A reverse stock split tends to occur with small companies who believe their stock price is too low to attract investors.

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FINRA Staff ([email protected])
By Anonymous (not verified), 8 May, 2019
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Departing Brokers

If the broker you are working with leaves your brokerage firm, it may prompt questions about the departing broker and the status of your accounts following the departure. For this reason, FINRA has consistently sought to ensure that customers can make a timely and informed choice about where to maintain their assets when their broker moves on to a new firm.

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FINRA Staff ([email protected])
By Anonymous (not verified), 18 April, 2019
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Cryptocurrency Trading Platforms

In the new world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, a number of service providers have emerged to assist users in managing their cryptocurrencies. An important development is the emergence of cryptocurrency online platforms that let users buy, sell, exchange, and in some cases, store cryptocurrencies.

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FINRA STAFF AND THE BBB INSTITUTE ([email protected])
By Anonymous (not verified), 1 April, 2019
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Social Sentiment Investing Tools

This Alert provides tips to consider before using tools that analyze or aggregate information from social media sources to make investment decisions or attempt to predict changes in the stock market’s direction or in the price of a security.

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FINRA and SEC Staff ([email protected])