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If I only had known", one investor told me recently, as we were reviewing her brokerage account losses to conclude that she had been wronged. She, like most investors, suspected something wasn't quite right, but hadn't known where to find help. Indeed,...

Standard / Traditional rubber stamps can be almost any size or shape. Can be used in various colors and ink mark on almost any surface such as paper (of course!) Wood, metal, glass, plastic / rubber, textiles, food, and even people! It is also more...

Investing is risky - if investors didn't know that before, they know it now. But investors may not know that risk, in a particular investment and in an overall portfolio, can be assessed and can be hedged. Financial advisers have a duty to monitor, assess...

Cary Kochman: Defending Against Hostile Takeovers As an undergraduate at the University of Illinois, Cary Kochman focused his studies on accounting and philosophy. For Cary Kochman UBS, both disciplines offered intellectual challenges that assist him...

STOCK IS OWNERSHIP, simple as that. Buy a share of Microsoft and you acquire a tiny sliver of the software giant, tying your fate to that of Chairman Bill Gates, for better or worse. This is ownership in the most literal sense: You get a piece of every...

1. The right to be placed in suitable investments. 2. The right to be told the truth regarding your broker's experience and position. 3. The right to be provided full and accurate information regarding the risk of the investment. 4....

Cary Kochman: Defending Against Hostile Takeovers As an undergraduate at the University of Illinois, Cary Kochman focused his studies on accounting and philosophy. For Cary Kochman UBS, both disciplines offered intellectual challenges that assist him...

HOW DO STOCKS BEHAVE? Let's put it this way: When it comes to mood swings, Wall Street is about as stable as your average adolescent around prom time. Never was that more true than during the tumultuous year 2000. The mood was so glum by December, that...

MARKET CAPITALIZATION -- or market value -- is a term you'll come across a lot, so we'll define it right here. It's the number of shares a company has outstanding in the market, multiplied by the share price. If a company had 5 million shares outstanding...

I previously outlined some advertisements that wirehouses (Salomon Smith Barney, Morgan Stanley, Prudential Financial, and Merrill Lynch) placed in major newspapers and magazines across the country. These ads contained general concepts that reps need to...