In an InvestmentNews.com article, Dan Jamieson writes that Green Street Advisors Inc., says to forget the new breed of nontraded REITs. Investors are far more likely to be better off with publicly traded REITs, the research firm said in a report released Wednesday. The current regulatory scrutiny has forced sponsors of nontraded REITs to address […]

In an InvestmentNews.com article by Bruce Kelly, April 1, 2012, he writes that shortly after Susan Fox bought a nontraded real estate investment trust for her IRA, the REIT started to show quarterly losses. But when she met with her broker to discuss her concern, he sold her a second nontraded REIT. Kelly writes that […]

Soreide Law Group, PLLC, is currently investigating Cawley Fund I, LLC Private Placement, and Cawley Fund II. If you or a loved one have suffered a loss by investing in these private placement funds, we may be able to help you recover your losses.  Your broker or financial advisor may have recommended this fund to you, or […]

In a February 29, 2012, article from BrowardBulldog.org, Ann Henson Feltgen writes that a Broward County probate judge has nipped an alleged attempt to redirect a $3 million inheritance intended to care for four beloved show dogs following their owner’s death. Judge Mark Speiser threw out financial advisor Charles E. Bishop’s claim as inheritor of the estate […]

In an April 2nd., 2012, article on ThinkProgress.com, Travis Waldon writes that former Goldman Sachs trader Greg Smith publicly resigned three weeks ago, decrying the firm’s “toxic and destructive" culture in a scathing New York Times editorial. But it isn’t just traders at America’s biggest investment bank that view their clients as “muppets,” at least […]

THE FOLLOWING IS AN ARTICLE FROM THE SEC'S WEBSITE: "The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that the United States District Court for the District of Colorado entered an Order amending a February 11, 2011 Final Judgment wherein Greenberg, without admitting or denying the Commission’s allegations, consented to the entry of a Final Judgment […]

THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE WAS OBTAINED FROM THE SEC'S WEBSITE: "On March 1, 2012, a federal judge ordered the former CEO of Brookstreet Securities Corp. to pay a maximum $10 million penalty in a securities fraud case related to the financial crisis. In December of 2009, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil injunctive […]

The financial industry has been anticipating this time in history ever since the Baby Boom generation began. There are more people who will be turning more money over to stockbrokers than at any other time in history.  We have watched the abuse investors have taken. Take for example, the investors in Worldcom or Enron. They soon learned that things are […]

  In a recent New York times article, Greg Smith writes about his experience with Goldman Sachs as an executive director and head of the firm’s United States equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Here are some excerpts from his article that highlight Goldman Sachs intention to make money off their clients […]