FINRA is the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. We don’t sell a thing—we regulate securities firms and stockbrokers that do. Our job is to protect investors every day by keeping the country’s capital markets fair. As a not-for-profit financial resource, FINRA offers unbiased information on a full range of issues that affect your money and investments.

This section of our Web site is dedicated to defining the financial terms you may have seen in our recent advertising campaign. Click on any term in the left-hand column to find out what it really means—and why it matters to your money.

Beyond these pages, however, finra.org offers a wealth of unbiased facts and tools you can really use. Whether you want to get background information on a broker or start planning for retirement, our online educational resources can help. We encourage you to explore our entire investor information section—where you’ll find investor news and alerts, calculators, real-time market information and more.

Education, not opinions. Learn—at finra.org.

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