{"id":1548,"date":"2014-11-15T19:50:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T19:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stockbrokerfraudblog.com\/2014\/11\/nasaa_identifies_investments_m"},"modified":"2022-03-11T13:33:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T19:33:59","slug":"nasaa-identifies-investments-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/nasaa-identifies-investments-m\/","title":{"rendered":"NASAA Identifies Investments Most Likely to Cause Harm in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tThe North American Securities Administrators Association has named what it believes are the financial products that pose the greatest threat to investors. The group said that a lot of these dangers involve new products employed in classic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stockbroker-fraud.com\">financial scams<\/a>https:\/\/www.stockbroker-fraud.com, some propelled by the Internet. Many involve unlicensed agents seeking to sell unregistered products.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Investments That NASAA Says Pose the Greatest Emergent Threats:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Binary Options: <\/em>These are securities as options contracts with a payout that is dependent on whether the underlying asset goes up or down in value. These typically have an all-or-nothing payout structure that either gives an investor a pre-determined amount of money if the asset&#8217;s value goes up or nothing at all if it goes down. The latter option can place an investor at risk of losing the entire investment.  Related risks may include illegal distributions, promotional scams, identity theft, purposely created losing trades, and the use of online trading platforms that do not comply with regulatory requirements.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/nasaa-identifies-investments-m\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading NASAA Identifies Investments Most Likely to Cause Harm in 2015\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The North American Securities Administrators Association has named what it believes are the financial products that pose the greatest threat to investors. The group said that a lot of these dangers involve new products employed in classic financial scamshttps:\/\/www.stockbroker-fraud.com, some propelled by the Internet. Many involve unlicensed agents seeking to sell unregistered products. 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