{"id":2964,"date":"2015-08-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverlaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/finra-warns-investors-about-utilizing-automated-investment-tools\/"},"modified":"2018-10-08T12:41:42","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T16:41:42","slug":"finra-warns-investors-about-utilizing-automated-investment-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/finra-warns-investors-about-utilizing-automated-investment-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"FINRA Warns Investors About Utilizing Automated Investment Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sec.gov\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Securities and Exchange Commission<\/a> (SEC) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finra.org\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Financial Industry Regulatory Authority<\/a> (FINRA) released an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finra.org\/investors\/alerts\/automated-investment-tools\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">investor alert<\/a> related to automated investor tools. While these types of tools provide benefits to investors, they also come with certain risks and limitations.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>What are the Risks and Benefits?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Automated investment tools have been utilized by financial professionals for several decades. They include, but are not limited to, personal financial planning tools, portfolio selection or asset optimization services, and online investment management programs. Professionals in the financial industry use them to help build and manage the portfolios of customers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/finra-warns-investors-about-utilizing-automated-investment-tools\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading FINRA Warns Investors About Utilizing Automated Investment Tools\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) released an investor alert related to automated investor tools. While these types of tools provide benefits to investors, they also come with certain risks and limitations. What are the Risks and Benefits? Automated investment tools have been utilized by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[578],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Harmed by Automated Investment Tools? - Silver Law Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you think you have been harmed by automated investment tools, call Silver Law Group today to discuss your options with an experienced securities attorney\" \/>\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\/finra-warns-investors-about-utilizing-automated-investment-tools\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Harmed by Automated Investment Tools? 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