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Before You Invest
Investor Alerts
Reading these Alerts will give you the information you need to protect your money and avoid scams and other investing problems. Before you open your checkbook, educate yourself.

Investor Tools
These links will help you invest wisely:

Check Your Investment Professional's Background
FINRA BrokerCheck is a free online tool to help investors check the professional background of current and former FINRA-registered securities firms and brokers. It should be the first resource investors turn to when choosing whether to do business with a particular broker or brokerage firm.


Check out this helpful database of professional designations--it gets beyond the alphabet soup to help you better understand what education and experience requirements are necessary to earn a designation.

Other regulatory organizations provide additional resources to help make a smart decision regarding investment professionals:
Investment Advisors (SEC Web Site)
Other Investment Professionals (NASAA Web Site)
 
Investor Knowledge Quiz
How much do you know about investing? See how you stack up against other investors who participated in an FINRA investor survey.

 
Smart Investing
The Smart Investing series offers comprehensive information plainly, simply, and without bias to help investors reach their goals.