As the Financial Markets Recover, Stock-Churning Cases Are on the Rise.

STOCKBROKER LAW - Posted on November 4, 2011

With the financial markets recovering from their lows of the 2008-2009
financial crisis, millions of investors have returned to the stock market, entrusting hard-earned monies
to stock brokers and financial advisors, only to see the trust abused with the churning of their accounts. Churning
involves the repeated purchase and sales of stocks for the sole purpose of generating
commissions.

There are a number of means of detecting and analyzing the churning of
customer accounts, including the calculation of turnover ratios, cost-equity maintenance factors, margin
indebtedness, and Regulation T margin calls, all of which should alert brokerage firms to the simple
fact that their brokers are improperly trading customer accounts.

Brokers and financial advisors who engage in churning of customer accounts
usually prey upon unsuspecting and unsophisticated investors with little or no experience of the stock
market, who have no appreciation of the simple fact that their trust is being abused for the purpose of
generating commissions without any concern for their own customers’ best financial interests.

If you think your account has been improperly churned, we offer a free
initial consultation to advise you of your rights.