In the Media

Complaints about botched trades are up 1,200% since '97BloombergBusiness (June 18, 2000) -- Online brokers love to boast about the growing number of online trading accounts. But there's one statistic…
siliconinvestor.com (February 24, 2000) -- YOU WON'T SEE Kathleen Nyquist's story in those edgy, online-trading-is-fun television commercials for E*Trade Group (EGRP). Nyquist, a 44-year-old writer…
InvestmentNews (October 18, 1999 11:01 pm) -- Online brokerages exploiting new technology to inform customers of certain investment opportunities are doing so at their own risk.The nation's top…
baltimoresun.com (August 30, 1999) -- WHEN you open a stockbrokerage account, you're safeguarded by the Securities Investor Protection Corp. (SIPC). But what, exactly, are you covered for? Not as…
baltimoresun.com (May 26, 1997) -- HAVE YOU FILED for an arbitration hearing because a stockbroker did you wrong? Big losers can easily find lawyers to help, but not those who've been stripped of a "…
highbeam.com (May 18, 1997) -- Have you filed for an arbitration hearing because a stockbroker did you wrong? Big losers can easily find lawyers to help, but not those who've been stripped of a ``…
The Pantagraph (May 11, 1997) -- If a panel couldn't be created from this list, the NASD would appoint one. That worries the consumer lawyers, who don't want the NASD to have any discretion over who'…
sun-sentinel.com (May 10, 1997) -- I keep hearing from readers _ some livid, some anguished _ who say they've been abused by the securities industry.First, they lost serious money because their…
Chicago Tribune (August 30, 1993) -- Walter Hojka of Chicago got lucky in the 1980s and made more than $1 million on an oil venture. He was looking for a place to invest the proceeds when he got an…