Why do we engage with scammers? What makes one person more likely to engage than the next? Of those that engage, what makes someone more likely to lose money? On this episode, we dig into the research on these important questions with three academics in the field.
The ways in which people communicate have changed with advancements in technology, and so have the tactics of “cold calling” boiler rooms. Today’s boiler rooms go beyond the telephone to contact potential investors, including pitching through messaging apps and social media. Regardless of the method of contact, the scammer’s goal and many of the red flags are the same.
Options are complex instruments that can play a number of different roles within an investment portfolio, but buying and selling options can be risky, and trading the products requires specific approval from an investor’s brokerage firm. Equity options are derivative contracts that give the purchaser the right, and the seller the obligation, to buy or sell, a security at a fixed price within a specific period of time.
Order/Trade Matching Changes for Stop Stock, PRP and ISO Exception Trades
These days, it's not a matter of if, but when, when it comes to cybersecurity incidents, which is why it's essential for all firms to ensure they're prepared for the inevitable. On this episode, we're catching up with two members of FINRA's Complex Investigations and Intelligence Team for an update on the cyber threat landscape and what firms should be thinking about and doing in response to the latest trends.
The Long Term Stock Exchange (“LTSE”) is providing a testing opportunity this weekend in preparation for their future launch. Firms participating in the August 15, 2020 test may send OATS data related to those orders to the OATS Certification Testing environment before the following Monday's OATS reporting deadline. OATS will then attempt to match to LTSE test data. Matching
The NASD would like to thank the Subcommittee for this opportunity to testify on micro-cap fraud in the U.S. markets, the nature of the problem and our efforts to address it.
Evaluating a public company's financial performance can be complicated. Understanding the terms and ratios used to measure profitability and financial performance can helping you determine how well a company is performing over time and how its valuation compares with industry peers.
