Posts belonging to Category Preferred Stocks
Posted by J. Boyd PageonApril 19, 2013
According to financial advisers, do not be fooled by the recent market in stocks into believing that we are in for a continuing period of sustained low volatility. Those advisers want you to expect lots of volatility and market corrections and to invest accordingly. In light of the foregoing, investors should adopt alternative investment strategies […]
Categories: A General Overview, Alternative Investments, Brokerage Firms, Church Bonds, Closed End Funds, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Crowd Funding, Derivatives, Early Retirement Scams, Elder Abuses, Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), Fairness/Just & Equitable Conduct, Hedge Funds, High Yield (Junk) Bonds, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investment Malpractice, Investor Alerts, Limited Partnerships, Misrepresentation/Omission, Non-Traded Business Development Companies, Nontraded REITs, Oil & Gas, Options, Preferred Stocks, Private Equity Investments, Private Investments/Reg D, Promissory Notes, Reverse Convertibles, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Structured Notes, Unsuitable Recommendations
Posted by J. Boyd PageonMarch 6, 2013
Why do investors continue to be enamored with hedge funds and other alternative investments? The press recently reported that institutional investors are expected to increase allocations to hedge funs by 300% this year, and hedge fund assets are expected to increase by 11% to $2.5 trillion, according to the 11th annual survey of institutional investors […]
Categories: Alternative Investments, Brokerage Firms, Closed End Funds, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Derivatives, Early Retirement Scams, Elder Abuses, Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs), Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), Fairness/Just & Equitable Conduct, Hedge Funds, High Yield (Junk) Bonds, Investment Advisers, Investment Malpractice, Investor Alerts, Limited Partnerships, Market Developments, Misrepresentation/Omission, Nontraded REITs, Oil & Gas, Preferred Stocks, Private Equity Investments, Private Investments/Reg D, Reverse Convertibles, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Structured Notes, Unsuitable Recommendations, Variable Annuities and Equity-Indexed Annuities
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 […]
Categories: Alternative Funds, Alternative Investments, Brokerage Firms, CDOs, Closed End Funds, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Derivatives, Early Retirement Scams, Elder Abuses, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), Fairness/Just & Equitable Conduct, Hedge Funds, High Yield (Junk) Bonds, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investment Malpractice, Investor Alerts, Life Policies/Viatical Settlements, Limited Partnerships, Misrepresentation/Omission, Mortgage Backed Securities, Nontraded REITs, Oil & Gas, Preferred Stocks, Private Investments/Reg D, REITs, Reverse Convertibles, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools, Structured Notes, Tenant-in-Common Interests, Unsuitable Recommendations, Variable Annuities and Equity-Indexed Annuities
Posted by Page PerryonJanuary 23, 2012
An increase in corporate borrowing costs and Eastman Kodak’s recent bankruptcy filing have set off a round of speculation about whether it is the start of a growing trend in corporate bankruptcy filings. While Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings have been falling since 2009, George Putnam of BankruptcyData.com is expecting an uptick in corporate bankruptcy filings. […]
Categories: Bonds, Brokerage Firms, Economy, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, Market Developments, Preferred Stocks, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools, Stocks
Posted by Page PerryonNovember 30, 2011
A recent Bloomberg Markets Magazine article raises troubling questions about investment corruption at the highest levels of government. In July 2008, as market fears mounted, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson reportedly met with a group of hedge fund managers (five of whom were former officers of Goldman Sachs, where Paulson was CEO), and described a scenario […]
Categories: Brokerage Firms, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Hedge Funds, Insider Trading, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, Preferred Stocks, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Stocks
Posted by Page PerryonNovember 14, 2011
When world markets move significantly in apparent response to major macroeconomic news, even supposedly “uncorrelated assets” move in unison with them, according to Jason Zweig’s Wall Street Journal article, “Caging Raging Contagion.” Such a significant move occurred last week when the Italian government and bonds collapsed over its fiscal problems, and everything else fell, too.
Categories: Alternative Funds, Alternative Investments, Asset Backed Securities, Bonds, Brokerage Firms, CDOs, Closed End Funds, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Derivatives, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), Hedge Funds, High Yield (Junk) Bonds, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, Mortgage Backed Securities, Mortgage Securities & Collateralized Debt Obligation Problems, Mutual Funds, Nontraded REITs, Preferred Stocks, Private Investments/Reg D, REITs, Reverse Convertibles, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools, Stocks, Structured Notes
Posted by Page PerryonOctober 21, 2011
Many investors in alternative investments are in for unpleasant surprises. Alternative investments are very popular these days, as traditional stock and bond investments are not doing well. Alternative Investments include a wide variety of investments that fall outside the traditional stock and bond categories. Examples include structured products (such as principal protected notes and reverse […]
Categories: Alternative Funds, Alternative Investments, Asset Backed Securities, Brokerage Firms, CDOs, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Derivatives, Elder Abuses, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), Hedge Funds, High Yield (Junk) Bonds, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, Life Policies/Viatical Settlements, Nontraded REITs, Peer to Peer Loans, Preferred Stocks, REITs, Reverse Convertibles, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Smart Investing Tools, Structured Notes, Tenant-in-Common Interests
Posted by Page PerryonSeptember 7, 2011
Many registered investment advisors and brokerage firms have increased their use of alternative investments for clients, many of whom are retired and lack the knowledge and sophistication to understand the complex investments, according to Liz Skinner’s InvestmentNews article entitled “Clients clamoring for alternative investments and advisers obliging.” But are alternative investments suitable for most investors? […]
Categories: Alternative Investments, Brokerage Firms, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Derivatives, Early Retirement Scams, Elder Abuses, Hedge Funds, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, Nontraded REITs, Preferred Stocks, Reverse Convertibles, Securities, Structured Notes, Tenant-in-Common Interests, Variable Annuities and Equity-Indexed Annuities
Posted by Page PerryonJune 7, 2011
Defense-minded institutions that have long remained on the sidelines when defrauded have finally woken up and are jumping on the plaintiff-recovery bandwagon as they seek to protect themselves against a variety of wrongdoing, according to Vanessa O’Connell’s Wall Street Journal article entitled “Company Lawyers Sniff Out Revenue.” These actions include waves of claims against Wall […]
Categories: Asset Backed Securities, Auction Rate Securities, Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, Brokerage Firms, CDOs, Citigroup/Smith Barney, Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Credit Default Swaps, Credit Suisse, Derivatives, Deutsche Bank, ERISA Fiduciaries and Claims, Goldman Sachs, Investigations, Investment Advisers, Investor Alerts, J. P. Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Mortgage Backed Securities, Mortgage Securities & Collateralized Debt Obligation Problems, Preferred Stocks, Private Investments/Reg D, Reverse Convertibles, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Structured Notes, SunTrust, UBS
Posted by Page PerryonFebruary 16, 2011
If you are an investor who lost money in the financial crisis, your stockbroker or investment advisor may owe you money. There are a variety of legal claims that can be brought for investment malpractice, ranging from fraud and misrepresentation to making unsuitable investment recommendations. But there are also legal deadlines for bringing such claims, […]
Categories: Asset Backed Securities, Auction Rate Securities, Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, Barclays, Brokerage Firms, CDOs, Citigroup Hedge Funds, Citigroup/Smith Barney, Common Securities Broker Abuses, Credit Default Swaps, Credit Suisse, Derivatives, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Hedge Funds, Investment Advisers, Investment Malpractice, Investor Alerts, J. P. Morgan Chase, Legg Mason, LPL Financial, Misrepresentation/Omission, Morgan Keegan, Morgan Stanley, Mortgage Backed Securities, Mortgage Securities & Collateralized Debt Obligation Problems, Oppenheimer, Preferred Stocks, Raymond James, Securities, Securities/Commodities Arbitration, Securities/Commodities Litigation, Structured Notes, SunTrust, UBS, Unsuitable Recommendations, Wachovia, Wells Fargo