FINRA Filings Down

FINRA filings are down 17% from 2010 leading many to question why there is a decrease in complaints four years after the market crash of 2008. Although 2009 filings mimicked the large increase in 2002 following the tech bubble the 2002 cases continued to be filed for several years. Are the low filings a result of a less than half percent chance of succeeding in arbitration according to FINRA statistics or because people really believe its not anyone else’s fault but their own? It is interesting to note that these last four years of record low filings coincide with the current presidential term. We know most investors lost money in 2008. Could politics be a factor in investor reluctance to make claims in an uncertain time and economy?

FINRA filings are down 17% from 2010 leading many to question why there is a decrease in complaints four years after the market crash of 2008. Although 2009 filings mimicked the large increase in 2002 following the tech bubble the 2002 cases continued to be filed for several years. Are the low filings a result of a less than half percent chance of succeeding in arbitration according to FINRA statistics or because people really believe its not anyone else’s fault but their own? It is interesting to note that these last four years of record low filings coincide with the current presidential term. We know most investors lost money in 2008. Could politics be a factor in investor reluctance to make claims in an uncertain time and economy?

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