{"id":3105,"date":"2013-12-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverlaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/finra-investor-alert-warns-against-investing-with-borrowed-funds\/"},"modified":"2017-12-22T14:32:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T19:32:57","slug":"finra-investor-alert-warns-against-investing-with-borrowed-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/finra-investor-alert-warns-against-investing-with-borrowed-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"FINRA Investor Alert Warns Against Investing With Borrowed Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>FINRA, the securities industry watchdog, recently updated an Investor Alert for investors who purchase securities with \u201cborrowed funds.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 According to the alert, investments made with borrowed funds by investors grew substantially in 2013.\u00a0 Investors are warned that the risk of <a title=\"Margin Calls\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/margin-calls.html\"  target=\"_blank\">margin calls<\/a> is significant and they should better educate themselves about these risks before investing with borrowed funds.\u00a0 Investors must understand investing with borrowed funds and the risks of a margin call, in the event, securities used as collateral decline in value.\u00a0 The risks investors should understand about margin calls include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the forced sale of securities;<\/li>\n<li>no prior notification required;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/finra-investor-alert-warns-against-investing-with-borrowed-funds\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading FINRA Investor Alert Warns Against Investing With Borrowed Funds\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FINRA, the securities industry watchdog, recently updated an Investor Alert for investors who purchase securities with \u201cborrowed funds.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 According to the alert, investments made with borrowed funds by investors grew substantially in 2013.\u00a0 Investors are warned that the risk of margin calls is significant and they should better educate themselves about these risks before investing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[588,592,606,616,615],"tags":[131,534,290,557,558],"class_list":["post-3105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finra-arbitration","category-finra-investor-alert","category-margin","category-ubs-bank-loans","category-ubs-puerto-rico-bond-funds","tag-finra-arbitration-2","tag-margin-calls","tag-securities-arbitration","tag-ubs-bank-loans-2","tag-ubs-puerto-rico-bond-funds-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FINRA Investor Alert Warns Against Investing With Borrowed Funds &#8212; 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