Different Types of Investment Products – Learn Why They Lose Money
- 1031 Exchanges
- 1035 Exchanges
- Alternative Investments
- Brokered CDs
- Business Development Companies (BDCs)
- Closed-End Funds
- Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs)
- Conservation Easements
- Cryptocurrency
- Direct Participation Program
- Energy Investments
- Equity-Linked Notes
- Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
- Futures
- Inverse Exchange-Traded Funds
- Junk Bond Frauds
- Managed Futures Funds
- Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs)
- Options
- Penny Stocks
- Preferred Shares of Stocks
- Private Placements
- REITs and Non-Traded REITS
- Reverse Convertible Notes
- Securities-Backed Lines of Credit
- Single Premium Immediate Annuity (SPIA)
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- Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
- Structured Products
- Unit Investment Trusts (UITs)
- Variable Annuities
- Variable Universal Life Insurance (VULs)
Types of Stock Broker Fraud
- Churning or Excessive Trading
- Violation of Blue Sky Laws
- Boiler Rooms
- Breach of Contract
- Breach of Fiduciary Duty
- Cherry-Picking
- Excessive Commissions
- Elder Financial Abuse
- Failure to Execute
- Failure to Supervise
- Stockbroker Loans
- Forgery
- Hedge Fund Fraud
- Insider Trading
- Margin Accounts and Margin Calls
- Misrepresentation and Omission
- Mutual Fund Fraud
- Negligence
- Overconcentration (Failure to Diversify)
- Ponzi Schemes
- Pump and Dump Schemes
- Pyramid Schemes
- Selling Away
- Stock Market Manipulation
- 8 Types of Stockbroker Fraud
- Theft/Conversion
- Unauthorized Trading
- Unsuitable Investments