Top 10 Signs you might be a victim of investor abuse.

10. You opened your brokerage account after receiving a telephone call from an out of state broker who sold you stocks you never heard of by assuring you they will go up.

9. Your advisor gave you a stack of papers when he sold you an investment but you were not given time to read them.

8. Your advisor told you to take out a home equity loan to fund your investment.

7. You have almost no cash, bonds, cds or other fixed income investments in your portfolio.

6. Your broker gives you his/her personal email rather than the brokerage firm email address.

5. You found out after you invested that you can’t sell your investment.

4. Your financial advisor is in the news, and not for good things

3. You never really understood what you were sold, but whatever it is has tanked.

2. Your advisor blames all your losses on market conditions, but never discussed risk or asset allocation.

1. You thought your investments were low risk but your portfolio has lost so much that you may have to change your retirement plans.