The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is currently seeking to expand its Brokercheck tool. Brokercheck gives individuals access to professional information regarding registered brokers and firms. The hope is that investors will use this tool to better get to know the people and companies with whom they are placing their money.
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FINRA Seeks Expansion of Brokercheck Tool
February 23rd, 2010 
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Comments OffCrisis sparks increased interest in financial games
November 19th, 2009 Before You Invest The financial crisis sparked renewed interest in financial games as a tool for financial-literacy education and prompted game makers to update to appeal to 21st-century students. SIFMA developed The Stock Market Game in 1977, and an independent study found that the game boosts students’ scores in financial literacy and mathematics.
Posted in Finance Fraud Tags: Classroom Schedule, Edweek, Enrichment Program, Ew, Executive Director, Financial Crisis, Financial Education, Financial Games, Financial Literacy Education, Financial Mathematics, Game Makers, Independent Study, Melanie, Mortimer, Sparks, Stock Game, Stock Market Game, Tool No Comments »Regulating derivatives could do more harm than good
October 23rd, 2009 Before You Invest Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., writes that lawmakers are focusing on an simple target — the derivatives market — rather than identifying and tackling the root causes of the global financial crisis. Cantor, the Republican whip, warns that new regulations being considered by Congress could do irreparable hurt to businesses and consumers. “Rather than the tool for yucky financial manipulation it is described to be, the derivatives market plays a very vital role in solidifying the competitiveness of American businesses,” Cantor writes.more at http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=509198
New Website Aims to Further Investor Protection
October 21st, 2009 Before You Invest Tomorrow the Securities and Exchange Commission will be launching a website devoted to educating investors. Interested parties should visit www.investor.gov to investigate the information available. This website will join others, namely that of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority: http://www.finra.org/Investors.Such sites aim to educate investors in the hopes that they will be armed with the knowledge to invest in suitable products.
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