{"id":11220,"date":"2023-11-07T10:56:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T15:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/?p=11220"},"modified":"2023-11-07T10:56:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T15:56:31","slug":"what-is-churning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/what-is-churning\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Churning?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9140 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Churnsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Most investors believe that their brokers will trade on their behalf with their best interests in mind. In fact, they\u2019re required to in accordance with Regulation Best Interest, or Reg BI. In a nutshell, brokers must always use the investor\u2019s best interest as their benchmark before making any recommendation. This includes vetting an investment and completing due diligence following their broker-dealer\u2019s recommendations.\n\nUnfortunately, not every broker follows that rule, nor any other rule, resulting in losses for the investor. One method is when a broker continually trades in an investor\u2019s account, but the investor sees no reasonable gains. Sometimes, the excess trading is done on margin, leading to additional charges and risks. The investor loses money and pays increasing amounts of commissions, fees, and other expenses. This process is known as churning.\n\nChurning Definition\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Churnsmall.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Churnsmall-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Most investors believe that their brokers will trade on their behalf with their best interests in mind. In fact, they\u2019re <em>required<\/em> to in accordance with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/sec-best-interest-rule.html\" target=\"_blank\">Regulation Best Interest<\/a>, or Reg BI. In a nutshell, brokers must always use the investor\u2019s best interest as their benchmark before making any recommendation. This includes vetting an investment and completing due diligence following their broker-dealer\u2019s recommendations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/what-is-churning\/#more-11220\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most investors believe that their brokers will trade on their behalf with their best interests in mind. In fact, they\u2019re required to in accordance with Regulation Best Interest, or Reg BI. In a nutshell, brokers must always use the investor\u2019s best interest as their benchmark before making any recommendation. This includes vetting an investment and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[589,580],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-churning-2","category-stockbroker-misconduct"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Is Churning? &#8212; Securities Arbitration Lawyers Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a brokerage account, churning is frequent trading that generates more commissions, fees, and other expenses for the broker and their firm.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/what-is-churning\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"What Is Churning? 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