FINRA Investor News
February 24, 2012 |
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Investor Alert: It Pays to Understand Your Brokerage Account Statements and Trade Confirmations
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Smart Investing: FINRA Foundation and NFL Team Up to Help Players Avoid Investment Fraud, Make Smart Financial DecisionsThe FINRA Investor Education Foundation and the National Football League (NFL) teamed up in January to teach incoming NFL players how to spot and avoid investment fraud—an important step to help players protect their finances as they begin their professional careers.
This joint initiative, which was launched to prospective NFL players at two separate events, incorporated the FINRA Foundation’s Outsmarting Investment Fraud program to help participants learn how to choose the right financial professional and how to do a background check.
Participants also learned about the risks of taking on debt, and the psychological persuasion tactics con artists use to defraud their victims.
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Email Hack Attack? Be Sure to Notify Brokerage Firms and Other Financial Institutions
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1/26/12 – FINRA Warns Investors of Email Hack Attacks
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FINRA often reminds investors to review their brokerage account statements and trade confirmations—with good reason. Not only do these documents help you stay on top of your investment holdings, but they also provide valuable information that can alert you to errors, or even misconduct by your broker or brokerage firm such as unauthorized trading.
