Welcome to Stock Market Investors
What Investors Need to Know about Arbitration
Before filing an arbitration claim against your brokerage firm, read this article - it will teach you the pros and cons of arbitration and the basic steps of initiating an arbitration procedure.
Investor Information: Finding Legal Help when in Dispute
Whenever you have a dispute with your broker or brokerage firm, you should consult a licensed attorney specializing in securities.
The T+3 Cycle Rule in Securities Trading
The T+3 cycle is the period within which an investor must settle his obligations with the brokerage firm that facilitated the trade. Learn the 4 things you should know about the T+3 Cycle Rule.
Dispute Resolution for Investors
If investors have a dispute with their broker or brokerage firm, they have two options: judicial dispute resolution and extrajudicial dispute resolution. Find out which resolution method you should use and why.
Financial Analysts: NYSE and NSAD Rules and Disclosures
Investors should be critical of research reports by brokerage firms and financial analysts. This article will discuss the disclosures required from brokerage firms and financial analyst and will teach you how to determine whether a research report is objective or not.
Financial Analysts: Potential Sources of Bias
Financial analysts (a.k.a. research analysts, securities analysts, equities analysts) are subject to social pressures, same as everyone else and may not always be truthful or fair.
What Investors Need to Know about Financial Analysts
Most investors rely heavily on financial analysts reports and recommendations about securities. Therefore, there are certain things you should know about them.
What Are Financial Analysts?
Financial analysts are research analysts that study the performance of publicly traded companies in the exchange market. They make their recommendations public, and investors often base their trading decisions on their ratings.
What Investors Need to Know about Auto-Trading Programs
Investors can automate trading on their account. Under such an auto-trading setup, securities transactions are automatically processed and executed by your broker. Learn more about how auto-trading works and what are its pros and cons.
Is a Company’s Financial Statement Reliable?
If you are thinking of investing in a company or are already invested in one, you obviously need to know whether or not a company's financial statement is reliable. In other words, can you take the information you find there at face value?
What Investors Need to Know about After-Hours Trading
People trade during after-market hours for many reasons. Whatever its benefits, after-hours trading definitely comes with a number of risks and this article will show them to you.
Brokerage Account Opening: Things to Do and Remember
After choosing a brokerage firm, you need to open a brokerage account before you can start trading securities. This article will present you the things you should do before you open an account with any brokerage firm.
Tips for Researching Investments: Uncovering Analyst Conflicts of Interest
This article will give you some tips on how to uncover analyst conflicts of interest and assess whether they are too big to ignore.
Stock Analyst Recommendations - Should We Trust Them?
Investors should have in mind that certain conflicts of interest might exist which may create pressure on a stock analyst's objectivity and independence.
Bond Funds Safety
A common misconception among many investors is that bond funds present little or no risk. However, bond funds are also subject to a number of investment risks.
Bank Demutualization - Frauds to Watch Out For
The following article will introduce you to the most common fraud schemes depositors may encounter during a bank demutualization process and will give you some tips and advices on how to avoid them.
Understanding Mutual Companies
There are many banks, savings associations and insurance companies in the U.S. that are organized as mutual companies.
Filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
A bankrupt company may turn to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in order to start “reorganizing” its business and make an effort to become profitable again. This article will help you learn more about Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
When the bankrupt company uses Chapter 7, it stops operating and goes completely out of business. This article will try to get you familiar with corporate bankruptcy under chapter 7.
Direct Stock Purchase Plans
A lot of companies let investors buy stock directly from them through the company’s direct stock purchase plans. In this article you will learn more about the direct stock plans.