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If you have information about a violation of federal securities laws or a possible securities fraud, you may be able to receive compensation from the government if you come forward. The Dodd-Frank Act gives private citizens the opportunity to help the government fight securities fraud and receive a portion of […]
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is a federal law that establishes minimum standards for employer-sponsored retirement plans. As an investor in one of these plans, you have rights – including the right to file a lawsuit to recover your losses under certain circumstances. Continue reading to learn more […]
2015 was clearly a year of distress and pain for retail investors. After several years of solid gains, the broad stock market this year finally stalled. As of Monday morning, the S&P 500 was flat for the year, meaning many investors saw little to no returns on their equity portfolios. […]
With Puerto Rico just days away from a potential $1 billion default, the Republican controlled Congress turned its back on the island commonwealth this week by failing to include any provisions for a much needed bankruptcy proceeding into the federal spending bill. “Republican leaders in Congress told Puerto Rico’s nearly […]
Puerto Rico had a $350 million bond payment due yesterday. Miraculously, Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla managed to pull a rabbit out of his hat. The Governor is going to “clawback” or default on some debt “in an effort to attempt to repay bonds issued with the full faith and credit […]
The financial crisis in Puerto Rico is coming to a head, as regular readers of this blog know. Time is running out for Puerto Rico. Its Government Development Bank, or GDB, faces a $354 million principal and interest payment at the start of December. It appears it won’t be able […]
If you are an investor with losses in Puerto Rico bonds or UBS Puerto Rico bond funds, you should attend our orientation on the status of cases from two of the leading lawyers who are handling these cases. They will describe and discuss our victory in the leading UBS Puerto […]
Even though the situation is dire in Puerto Rico and time is running out, we have yet to hear from our Congress. A default on its debt will throw Puerto Rico’s government and people, along with the $3.7 trillion municipal bond market, into turmoil. One of Puerto Rico’s chief restructuring […]
The Puerto Rico government is struggling to avoid defaulting on its debts. The next two months are critical for Puerto Rico’s fiscal future; they are also critical for Mom and Pop investors who bought Puerto Rico-backed bonds and bond funds from brokers at UBS and other banks. Puerto Rico is […]
When Wall Street lures Main Street into investing in the risky stuff known as “structured products,” things don’t always end well for the customer. Last week’s $19.5 million settlement between investment bank UBS (UBS) and securities regulators is just the latest example of why Mom and Pop have no business […]