Posted by Page PerryonJanuary 30, 2012
Given the array of exotic alternative investments being sold to the public, it’s logical that many investors often don’t understand what they are buying. What is even scarier is that it is likely their professional investment adviser doesn’t understand the alternative investment either. Investment advisers ? 75 percent of them ? admit they do not […]
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Posted by Page PerryonNovember 28, 2011
LPL Financial LLC was fined $100,000 by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services for unsuitable sales of high-risk oil and gas partnerships to clients, including many who are elderly, in poor health, and incapable of making financial decisions (“LPL fined over sales of risky partnerships to seniors,” InvestmentNews).
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