May, 2012

FINRA Sanctions Four Firms $9.1 Million for Stockbroker Fraud (Part 3)

This Month’s Stockbroker Fraud Sanctions Last week, I breezed over some of the risk factors involved with leveraged and inverse ETF’s that allowed four prominent investment firms to be sanctioned by FINRA for committing stockbroker fraud. Today, I’d like to go further into those risk factors, which are not found with traditional ETF’s, and how […]

Top 15 Tampa Military Divorce Mistakes (Part 8)

Counting Down to #14 Military Divorce Mistakes In “Part 7” of Military Divorce Mistakes, I talked about insuring the pension in case the member dies. If you or your spouse is a military member please do not use this brief summary as an advice guide. Every case is different. Seek the advice of an experienced […]

Top 15 Tampa Military Divorce Mistakes (Part 7)

Counting Down to #12 & # 13 Military Divorce Mistakes In “Part 6” of Military Divorce Mistakes, I talked about retaining more than 50% of the military pension distributions. If you or your spouse is a military member please do not use this brief summary as an advice guide. Every case is different. Seek the […]

FINRA Sanctions Four Firms $9.1 Million for Stockbroker Fraud (Part 2)

Last Week’s Stockbroker Fraud Sanctions Last week, in Part 1 of this blog series, I told you the story of how four large firms were sanctioned $9.1 million by FINRA for defrauding their investors. Today, I’m going to tell you how they got away with it and help pass on how particular investments lend themselves […]

Top 15 Tampa Military Divorce Mistakes (Part 6)

Counting Down to #11 in Military Divorce Mistakes In “Part 5” of military divorce mistakes, I talked about exchanging assets for pension distributions. If you or your spouse is a military member please do not use this brief summary as an advice guide. Every case is different. Seek the advice of an experienced family divorce […]

Top 15 Tampa Military Divorce Mistakes (Part 5)

Counting Down to #10 in Military Divorce Mistakes In “Part 4” of Military Divorce Mistakes, I brushed over pension distribution and formulas with mistakes #8 and #9 of the countdown. If you or your spouse is a military member please do not use this brief summary as an advice guide. Every case is different. Seek […]

Top 15 Tampa Military Divorce Mistakes (Part 4)

Counting Down to #8 & #9 in Military Divorce Mistakes In “Part 3” of this blog, I kept it rolling with mistake #7 on a list of detrimental mistakes I often times see clients make with their military divorce before seeking the advice of an experienced family divorce attorney. Today, I’ll continue going down the […]