In the midst of market volatility, where can investors go for help (besides their financial advisor)? The Alliance for Investor Education highlights 12 of the best Web-based resources:
- Top five facts when investing in turbulent markets (CFA Institute).
- Caution to investors against making uninformed, sudden decisions amid Wall Street crisis (North American Securities Administrators Association).
- Mortgage foreclosure resources (Federal Reserve Board).
- Treasury's Guarantee Program for Money Market Mutual Funds: What You Should Know (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).
- How safe are my savings? (PathToInvesting.org/SIFMA).
- Account protection concerns during market volatility (National Futures Association).
- How SIPC protects you in case of a brokerage firm failure (Securities Investor Protection Corporation).
- Information for individual investors on recent market events (Securities and Exchange Commission).
- The importance of being an informed investor (Investment Company Institute).
- Bank failures, mergers and takeovers: A "Phish-erman's Special" (Federal Trade Commission).
- Is R-I-S-K Really a 4-letter Word? (American Association of Individual Investors).
- Life Crisis, (Financial Planning Association).
