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Laws Provide Con Artists with Personal Economic Growth Plan

August 21, 2012 — NASAA releases its annual list of financial products and practices that threaten to trap unwary investors. New on the list: practices that attempt to exploit new and existing federal laws designed to promote job creation and stimulate economic recovery.

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NASAA Marks Military Saves Week by Taking Aim at Fraud Targeting Military Members

February 21, 2012 – NASAA encourages military members and their families to shore up their defenses against investment fraud during Military Saves Week.

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Ensuring Appropriate Regulatory Oversight of Broker-Dealers and Legislative Proposals to Improve Investment Adviser Oversight

September 13, 2011 – Written testimony of Pennsylvania Securities Commissioner Steven Irwin, delivered to the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises, expressing NASAA’s opposition the creation of an SRO to oversee state regulated investment advisers.

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Top Investor Threats

The top 10 financial products and practices that threaten to trap unwary investors, compiled by the securities regulators in NASAA’s Enforcement Section.

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Con Artists Find Profit in Get-Rich Schemes Tied to Economic Uncertainty

August 23, 2011 – NASAA releases its annual list of financial products and practices that threaten to trap unwary investors, many by taking advantage of investors troubled by lingering economic uncertainty and volatile stock markets.

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2010 Top Ten Investor Traps

“Knowledge, attention to detail and a healthy sense of skepticism are a triple threat to fight investment fraud. The more you are prepared, the better your chance of sidestepping a trap that can leave you in a financial hole for many years.” NASAA President Denise Voigt Crawford Investors rebuilding nest eggs damaged by the market [...]

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NASAA Podcast Archive

The Alert Investor Welcome to The Alert Investor, a series of podcasts produced by NASAA to provide investors with investor protection news and information. Knowledge is power. And nowhere is that more true than in the dynamic world of investing. But many investors today feel they lack the knowledge they need in navigating the twists [...]

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NASAA Fraud Center

Education and awareness are an investor’s first line of defense against investment fraud.

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Investor Education Library

NASAA offers a variety of investor education publications, a newsletter spotlighting new investor education initiatives and a directory of the investor education websites of the state and provincial securities regulators.

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Resources for Women Investors

Tools to empower women investors to take control of their financial futures.

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