Under the U.S. Securities Laws, specifically The Securities Act of 1933, the mere offer to sell a security — unless there is an effective registration statement on file with the SEC for the offer — via the Internet can be a felony subjecting the offeror to a 5 year federal prison term. See the Securities
Category: Investor Warning Signs
Ken Roberts
This article is a response to a message saying that the Ken Roberts course is a good introduction to commodity trading (the message originated on an AOL site but was quoted on the Motley Fool investment site). According to one of the writers of that thread, Ken Roberts is now advertising on radio with ads
Dave Rhodes and Other Chain Letters
Please do NOT post the “Dave Rhodes”, “MAKE.MONEY.FAST”, or any other chain letter, pyramid scheme, or other scam to the misc.invest.* groups. Pyramid schemes are fraud. It’s simple mathematics. You can’t realistically base a business on an exponentially-growing cast of new “employees.” Sending money through the mails as part of a fraudulent scheme is against
Charles Givens
Charles J. Givens was a self-styled financial planner, investment educator, and investment guru who once appeared in info-mercials on late-night television to tell the world about the fortunes he had made and lost, free seminars run by his associates, and the Charles J. Givens Organization. He died in 1998, but one of his organizations, International
Wade Cook
Wade Cook runs seminars, priced around $3,500, that explain his strategies for investing, with emphasis on writing covered calls. Much of the same information is available in his book, The Wall Street Money Machine. Don’t be fooled by Wade Cook’s book. I read it, did some studies of covered calls. Most cheap covered calls are written