Articles to keep you informed
UNIT INVESTMENT TRUSTS
Pooled Money: Understanding Unit Investment Trusts
TRUSTED CONTACT
Establishing a Trusted Contact
CYBERSECURITY
Adversarial Use of Generative AI: Gen AI-Enhanced New Account Fraud and Account Takeover
Cybersecurity and Your Brokerage Firm
Email Hack Attack? Be Sure to Notify Brokerage Firms and Other Financial Institutions
Business Email Compromise (BEC)
Generative AI in Fraud & Phishing
Customer Education & Senior Client Protection
FRAUDS AND SCAMS
Relationship Investment Scams: What They Are and Tips to Avoid Them
Bad Actors Pose as Raymond James; Inform Your Clients
SEC Educational Videos Aim to Help Investors Spot and Avoid Fraud
Protecting Seniors from Financial Exploitation
IRS Security Summit Identity Theft Tips
Don’t Fall to Cryptocurrent Related Stock Scams
“Free Lunch” Investment Seminars—Avoiding the Heartburn of a Hard Sell
Small-Cap Stock Fraud: A Classic Arena for Manipulation
Crypto Scams and Pig Butchering Schemes
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS)
RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS
Required Minimum Distributions—Common Questions About IRA Accounts
The IRA Rollover: 10 Tips to Making a Sound Decision
Job Dislocation: Managing the Financial Impact of Unexpected Job Loss
Inherited IRAs—What You Need to Know
MUTUAL FUNDS
Understanding Mutual Fund Classes
Alternative Funds Are Not Your Typical Mutual Funds
BONDS
Duration—What an Interest Rate Hike Could Do to Your Bond Portfolio
TRADING SECURITIES
Raymond James Best Execution Client Letter
It Pays to Understand Your Brokerage Account Statements and Trade Confirmations
TRANSFERRING ACCOUNTS
Power of Attorney and Your Investments—10 Tips
What You Should Know About the Transfer of Brokerage Account Assets on Death
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