There are many agencies and organizations in America that exist to protect consumers, including consumers on the investing markets. One of those organizations is the Securities Investor Protection ...

On September 25, 2000, eight years before the scams of Bernard Madoff and R. Allen Stanford were uncovered, Gretchen Morgenson (financial journalist for the New York Times) wrote a perceptive column ...

— -- Q: I am wondering how safe my securities are if they are held by a broker that has SIPC insurance? A: SIPC, short for Securities Investor Protection Corp, is a safety net in case of fraud by ...

Imagine you invest with a broker whose front doors, office plaques, coffee mugs, pencils, brochures, stationery, folders, office signage, and emails all proclaim that your investments are insured by ...

You may have seen the phrase "SIPC member" in information from your brokerage firm. What is SIPC, and more importantly, what does SIPC membership mean to investors? SIPC is a non-profit organization ...

The SEC versus SIPC fight looks to be a slugfest. Late yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission asked a federal court in Washington, D.C., for an order directing the Securities Investor ...

Whether you're saving money in a bank account or investing it in the market, you want some reassurance that it's safe. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Securities Investor ...

When you put your money in a bank account, you have reassurance that your deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) up to $250,000 per depositor, per insured bank. This ...

Robinhood, the incredibly popular investing app, unveiled new checking and savings accounts Thursday that have no fees, access to 75,000 free ATMs and — here’s the kicker — an interest rate that earns ...

The fintech Robinhood Financial’s plan to offer a checking account that pays 3% interest with no federal deposit insurance may run into legal problems, according to the head of the Securities Investor ...

SIPC has run amok from what Congress envisioned, leaving investors with weak protections when it comes to broker-dealers who run afoul of the law. Indeed, SIPC has failed to be the advocate that ...