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Assets in IRA Accounts Top 5.7 Trillion Dollars at the End of March, 2013
The United States Department of Labor has indicated that a large percentage of assets in Individual Retirement Accounts in the United States are derived from rollovers of assets and monies from 401(k) and other employer-sponsored retirement plans. In addition to the 5.7 trillion dollars in IRA accounts, the United States Labor Department statistics indicate that […]
Read PostTHE RIGHTS OF INVESTORS PREVAIL IN NEW YORK STATE COURT OF APPEALS (ASSURED GUARANTY (UK), LTD. V. JP MORGAN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.)
New York small investors score victory in Assured Guaranty (UK), Ltd. v. J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc. As a follow up to our earlier blog dated August 1, 2011, on December 20, 2011 New York State Court of Appeals affirmed the order of the lower court dismissing the efforts of J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc., […]
Read PostMost Victimized Investors Don’t Know Their Rights
Investment fraud and stockbroker fraud takes many different shapes and forms, and most investors don’t know their rights under the Securities Law. Wrongful trading activity in the accounts of the everyday American investor can include account churning, private placement fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, annuities fraud, stock manipulation, unauthorized trading, and embezzlement. Securities fraud can […]
Read PostAs the Financial Markets Recover, Stock-Churning Cases Are on the Rise.
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 […]
Read PostVariable Annuity Contract Theft
In the past several years, a number of criminal, regulatory, and civil claims have been filed by victimized investors, who have had monies and assets fraudulently diverted from their variable annuity contracts. Oftentimes, these variable annuity contracts are held in Individual Retirement Accounts and individual retirement annuity accounts maintained by trusting, unsophisticated investors, who are easily […]
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