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How to Protect Your Parents From Financial Scams
Financial Planning for Alzheimer's Follow these tips to help your parents avoid becoming victims.
By Sandra Block
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A Timeline of the SEC
Markets From the great crash to the flash crash: a timeline of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
By Anne Kates Smith
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Why We Fall for Scams
Investor Psychology Scam artists aren't so much artists as they are students of human nature.
By Bob Frick
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An Annuity You Really Should Avoid
annuities Big promises but skimpy returns plague equity-indexed annuities.
By Kimberly Lankford
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How Mutual Fund Assets Are Protected
investing There are several safeguards to insure your money is safe if a fund-management company goes bankrupt.
By Kimberly Lankford
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What Happens to Lehman’s Customers?
Financial Planning Their assets are protected, but there is some risk for those who invested in the company’s mutual funds and exchange-traded funds and notes.
By Anne Kates Smith
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Is Your Brokerage Account Safe?
insurance Most investors have several layers of protection if the firm that holds their stocks, bonds and other assets goes under.
By Kimberly Lankford
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What Analyst Ratings Really Mean
Markets A Wall Street insider says you need a codebook to interpret "buy" and "sell" calls.
By David Landis
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Protect Your Retirement From These Investment Scams
Scams Retirees are being lured by Ponzi schemes, unsuitable annuities and over-hyped investment returns.
By Kimberly Lankford
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