You've probably heard them all, right? When you're young, it can often seem annoying or preachy. But when it comes to investing, the value of time is one thing you don't want to disregard.

Young investors may not be able to save large amounts of money, but they have one very important asset on their side: time. If used to its best advantage, time is a powerful wealth-building asset in its own right. Read on to see what a difference time can make

When you invest in stock, you buy ownership shares in a company—also known as equity shares. Your return on investment, or what you get back in relation to what you put in, depends on the success or failure of that company. If the company does well and makes money from the products or services it sells, you expect to benefit from that success. There are two main ways to make money with stocks:

You can't talk about investor protection without talking about senior investors. With a substantial increase in recent years in the number of cases involving the exploitation of seniors, FINRA Enforcement has made protecting this segment of the population a priority. On this episode, we hear what FINRA is doing and how firms can work with FINRA in this important effort.

Guarantees: Be suspect of anyone who guarantees that an investment will perform a certain way. All investments carry some degree of risk. Unregistered products: Many investment scams involve unlicensed individuals selling unregistered securities—ranging from stocks, bonds, notes, hedge funds, oil or gas deals, or fictitious instruments, such as prime bank investments. Overly consistent returns: Any investment that consistently goes up month after month—or that provides remarkably steady returns regardless of market conditions—should raise suspicions, especially during turbulent times. Even the most stable investments can experience hiccups once in a while. Complex strategies: Avoid anyone who credits a highly complex investing technique for unusual success. Legitimate professionals should be able to explain clearly what they are doing. It is critical that you fully understand any investment you’re seriously considering—including what it is, what the risks are and how the...

FINRA Amends Section 13 of Schedule A to the FINRA By-Laws to Establish Charges for New Option to File Websites and Web Pages in Native Format Implementation Date: October 5, 2017

We are issuing this investor guidance to provide some basic facts to investors about the practice of purchasing securities on margin, and to alert investors to the risks involved with trading securities in a margin account.