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In the year 2000, when the historic “Tech Bubble” popped, millions of investors were left holding the bag after their financial advisors over-concentrated them in unsuitable and risky high technology and internet stocks. What followed was a wave of investment fraud cases against firms like Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup, […]
Bitcoin investors must ensure they are in full compliance with all rules and regulations regarding investing in cryptocurrencies and paying taxes on those investments. Talking with a Bitcoin attorney can be important in understanding the rules and ensuring you comply with all of your obligations as an investor. Getting legal […]
As an employee who is saving for retirement, you are told to expect variations in the value of your 401k over time. The market fluctuates. Unanticipated events impact the value of blue chip stocks. But, in the end, if you save enough for a long enough period of time, you […]
We all know that the financial crisis was caused by risky mortgages and excessive leverage deployed by the banks. When the housing market crashed in 2007, the underlying mortgages collapsed in value, ruined the banks’ balance sheets and caused the economy to crater. These risky mortgages were packaged and sliced […]
In February, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has reached a settlement with an alleged investment scam artist who, according to the SEC’s complaint, misused more than $81 million in investor funds. While the claimed businessman reportedly told investors that their money would be used to fund […]
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have become much more mainstream in recent years. A cryptocurrency law firm can provide advice to investors who want to get into Bitcoin trading to offer more insight into legalities and obligations for those who buy or sell Bitcoin. Although Bitcoin has long been on the […]
Central banks often control the supply of money, but Bitcoin works differently. Bitcoin is a decentralized currency with no central bank or central authority, but this does not mean that there is no distribution of power or that some within the bitcoin ecosystem don’t have more power than others. Understanding […]
During the past nine years of a rising stock market, investors have juiced their gains by buying on margin. Buyer beware, those gains could be wiped out in an instant. The amount of money at risk is staggering. Retail and institutional investors have borrowed a record $642.8 billion against their […]
You have probably heard a lot about Bitcoin by now, and you’ve likely even read some stories about Bitcoin millionaires – some of whom are regular people, and even teenagers, who figured out how to mine Bitcoin or who got into this cryptocurrency investment early when coins cost almost nothing. […]
When Puerto Rico filed for bankruptcy in May of 2017, investors holding the island territory’s municipal bonds lost what little hope they may have had to recover their investment losses. Since then, Puerto Rico’s financial situation has only gotten worse – due in part to the devastation caused by Hurricane […]