The following web sites provide helpful information and resources for investors. Each site provides guidance, education and tips that may assist you with your investment decisions within your self-directed accounts.
(a) Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov/investor.shtml
(b) Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov/news/press/2009/2009-39.htm
(c) Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA): Protect Yourself - www.finra.org/Investors/ProtectYourself/index.htm
(d) Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA): Smart Investing - www.finra.org/Investors/SmartInvesting/index.htm
(e) North American Securities Administrators Association: www.nasaa.org/investor_education/
(f) North American Securities Administrators Association's brochure,"Cutting Through The Confusion": www.nasaa.org/content/Files/CuttingThroughTheConfusion.pdf
(g) California Department of Corporations: www.corp.ca.gov/Education_Outreach/resources.htm
(h) California Department of Corporations' Investor Alerts: www.corp.ca.gov/alerts/investor.asp
(i) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - FDIC Consumer News: www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/cnwin0607
(a) Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov/investor.shtml
(b) Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov/news/press/2009/2009-39.htm
(c) Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA): Protect Yourself - www.finra.org/Investors/ProtectYourself/index.htm
(d) Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA): Smart Investing - www.finra.org/Investors/SmartInvesting/index.htm
(e) North American Securities Administrators Association: www.nasaa.org/investor_education/
(f) North American Securities Administrators Association's brochure,"Cutting Through The Confusion": www.nasaa.org/content/Files/CuttingThroughTheConfusion.pdf
(g) California Department of Corporations: www.corp.ca.gov/Education_Outreach/resources.htm
(h) California Department of Corporations' Investor Alerts: www.corp.ca.gov/alerts/investor.asp
(i) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - FDIC Consumer News: www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/cnwin0607
