investment fraud resources

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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is the federal agency responsible for enforcing securities laws and regulating the securities industry. This webpage of the SEC provides educational resources for individual investors.

Public Investors Advocate Bar Association is a national organization of lawyers who specialize in protecting individual investors. It provides investment guidance, explains investors' rights, and recommends lawyers who specialize in representing individual investors.

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is a self-regulatory organization that oversees brokerage firms and their registered representatives (financial advisors). It explains investors' rights and the ways in which investors can seek enforcement of their rights.