Consumer Investor Resource Center

11/11/2019

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10/31/2018

Michael Brady Lynch, founder and lead trial attorney for The Michael Brady Lynch Firm, the firm behind Consumer Investor Resource Center, was featured in the Wall Street Journal for his expertise on annuities.

If you would like a free consultation from Michael Brady Lynch or any of the knowledgeable attorneys at the firm, contact them at (888) 585-5970.

A retirement investment product associated with steak-dinner sales pitches is flourishing thanks to the death of a regulation once expected to curtail it.

05/29/2018

Dishonest annuity agents will stop at nothing to sell you their products. They will put you through high-pressure sales meetings, tempt you with signing bonuses and push you into today-only offers. They’ll use the simplest of terms to describe difficult-to-understand annuity contracts so you don’t know what you’re really getting into. And, if you ask about penalties and withdrawal fees, they’ll downplay play them like they’ll never apply to your situation.

If you found yourself part of an annuity scam, contact us immediately. We have confidential and free resources to help get your money back.

Do you know the warning signs of annuity scams? Could you recognize the red flags of a dishonest investment broker if you experienced one?

05/17/2018

Dishonest annuity agents love to target retirees and people close to retirement. That’s because retirees have a lifetime’s worth of savings to invest. So, the bigger the investment, the bigger the commission for the agent. There are a lot more characteristics that annuity scam artists look for.

Do you know the warning signs? If you or someone you love was targeted in an annuity scam, contact the Consumer Investor Resource Center. We had free and confidential resources to help you.

Dishonest annuity agents love to target retirees and people close to retirement for an annuity scam. They target those with large nest eggs.

03/12/2018

Smart and prudent investors rely on their financial advisors for the best investment recommendations. Nevertheless, advisors in these circumstances cannot recommend investments that their clients don’t understand.

But, this happens all the time. Investors end up feeling blindsided when their investments tank. This is why Consumer Investor Resource Center offers free and confidential resources to those who feel taken advantage of.

Did you expect your stockbroker to give you suitable investments? Did you feel like you were taken advantage of? Did the broker overcomplicate things purposely?

02/05/2018

For a devious stockbroker, using your or a loved one's advanced age to take advantage of them financially is not only morally wrong but the FINRA is making a new regulation to try to stop it entirely.

The new regulation requires that brokers make a reasonable effort to identify a trusted person who can be contacted if the broker is concerned the client is the target of a scam.

Unfortunately, scams do take place quite often. If you or a loved one was a victim of a stockbroker's scam, please contact the Consumer Investor Resource Center. We have resources at our disposable to help you get your money back.

Was your loved one the victim of financial abuse? Perhaps an unscrupulous party took advantage of your mother or father’s age and financial situation. Even worse, maybe the stockbroker in charge of your parent’s financial accounts failed to take action to stop the abuse. These kinds of scenarios...

01/16/2018

Many think that churning is a thing of the past, however, the FINRA fined a few brokers for committing this fraudulent practice. Make sure to keep a watchful eye on your broker. The first clue to look for is a large annual “turnover” ratio. In churning cases, the broker has to keep selling in order to keep buying.

If you feel that you may be a victim of churning, contact us today. The Consumer Investor Resource Center has free confidential resources aimed at reclaiming your lost investments.

FINRA cracks down on churning. In two recent cases, FINRA arbitrators ruled in favor of the claimants after their stockbrokers committed churning in their accounts.

11/13/2017

Some people are just despicable. It is unbelievable the lengths they will go through to deceive and cheat the people around them.

Unfortunately, this is too common in the financial industry, and a poor blind 82-year-old woman discovered this first hand.

If you or someone you love lost money due to broke negligence, contact us today. We have the resources to help you recover your losses.

You will not believe the lengths a bad broker went to while defrauding the accounts of a blind, wheel-chair bound investor.

11/10/2017

Senator Elizabeth Warren and other senators are trying to push for an FINRA fund to compensate investors who get stiffed on their favorable arbitration awards. In 2013 alone, there were over $62 million of unpaid claims.

Sen. Warren wants to pass a law requiring the FINRA to maintain a fund to compensate investors with unpaid arbitration claims.

11/10/2017

The FNRA is cracking down on bad stockbrokers. But, we demand justice for those who lost money from their misconduct.

Don't let corrupt stockbrokers fool you into thinking you don't have any options. The Consumer Investor Resource Center provides the resources you need to help recover your losses. Contact us today for a free consultation.

In a recent speech at Georgetown University, FINRA CEO Robert Cook announced that FINRA will increase enforcement efforts to eradicate bad stockbrokers.

11/06/2017

The FINRA has performed hundreds of interviews with criminal stockbrokers. These brokers have cheated people out of millions of dollars, but the FINRA refuses to release their names!

If you have been a victim of a negligent stockbroker, contact us today. We have confidential resources to help you recover your losses.

The FINRA won't release the names on their Bad Broker List. These brokers have cost consumers millions or even almost billions of dollars in losses.