Investment Litigation Blog

REITs are financial products with underlying real-estate assets expected to appreciate, assets that might include, for instance, apartment buildings, developments, mortgages, etc. Non-traded REITs are not freely traded on any exchange. Investors must rely on the issuing company for evaluations, which are difficult if not impossible to independently verify. As a category, the reputation of…

The sellers of structured CDs categorize them as “fixed income” although they are dependent on the performance of underlying equities or baskets of equities, raising questions (to begin with) about their suitability for retired investors and the role of structured CDs in any portfolio that is properly asset-allocated. FDIC protection of the principal is a…

REITs are financial products with underlying real-estate assets expected to appreciate, assets that might include, for instance, apartment buildings, developments, mortgages, etc. Non-traded REITs are not freely traded on any exchange. Investors must rely on the issuing company for evaluations, which are difficult if not impossible to independently verify. As a category, the reputation of…

REITs are financial products with underlying real-estate assets expected to appreciate, assets that might include, for instance, apartment buildings, developments, mortgages, etc. Non-traded REITs are not freely traded on any exchange. Investors must rely on the issuing company for evaluations, which are difficult if not impossible to independently verify. As a category, the reputation of…

REITs are financial products with underlying real-estate assets expected to appreciate, assets that might include, for instance, apartment buildings, developments, mortgages, etc. Non-traded REITs are not freely traded on any exchange. Investors must rely on the issuing company for evaluations, which are difficult if not impossible to independently verify. As a category, the reputation of…

Private placements are securities sold to a small number of investors.  They’re also known as “alternative investments” or “Regulation D investments” after the governing portion of U.S. securities law.  Some private placements can be exempt from registration from the SEC.  In the absence of an established public market for these products, private placements tend to…

A variable annuity is a life insurance contract, a wager on the life expectancy of a person.  In return for an investment of an initial lump sum or series of premium payments, the investor begins receiving an income stream at a certain milestone, for instance as the annuitant reaches retirement age. That income stream keeps…

A variable annuity is a life insurance contract, a wager on the life expectancy of a person.  In return for an investment of an initial lump sum or series of premium payments, the investor begins receiving an income stream at a certain milestone, for instance as the annuitant reaches retirement age. That income stream keeps…

A variable annuity is a life insurance contract, a wager on the life expectancy of a person.  In return for an investment of an initial lump sum or series of premium payments, the investor begins receiving an income stream at a certain milestone, for instance as the annuitant reaches retirement age. That income stream keeps…

A variable annuity is a life insurance contract, a wager on the life expectancy of a person.  In return for an investment of an initial lump sum or series of premium payments, the investor begins receiving an income stream at a certain milestone, for instance as the annuitant reaches retirement age. That income stream keeps…