The following are the most common reasons investors make claims against investment promoters. Take this test to determine whether you may have been the victim of fraud or other misconduct.

1. Did you suffer losses on investments that were represented to be safe or risk-free?
2. Did you find out after you invested that the company you purchased was experiencing financial difficulties?
3. Did your broker offer only sketchy, incomplete descriptions of the companies he was recommending for investment?
4. Did the salesman use high pressure sales tactics to convince you to purchase?
5. Did you later learn that the stock broker company owned the stock that it sold to you?
6. Did your broker first contact you by telephone from a far-away office?
7. Did your investment professional lose money that was earmarked for retirement?
8. Was your money invested primarily in high-risk stocks of obscure companies that were unknown to you?
9. Were your investments over-concentrated in one security or one sector?
10. Did your broker increase your investment activity through the use of margin borrowings?
11. Did your broker engage in frequent in and out trading, also known as account churning?
12. Did the broker make investments that were not authorized by you in advance?
13. Did your broker refuse to liquidate an investment you wanted to sell?
14. Did you lose money because the broker failed to execute trades on a timely basis?
15. Do you have reason to believe the price you paid for a stock was excessive?
16. Did you consistently lose money on stocks recommended by your broker?
17. Was the advice given by the firm's analysts in their research reports usually incorrect?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you may be able to recover your investment losses through a lawsuit or arbitration.

Read on to learn more about the most common types of securities claims.

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