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The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy is issuing this Investor Bulletin to educate investors about a new investing opportunity in the form of securities-based crowdfunding. See link below for more information:  https://www.investor.gov/news-alerts/investor-bulletins/investor-bulletin-crowdfunding-investors

“Insider trading” is a term that most investors have heard and usually associate with illegal conduct. However; the term is can be used for both legal and illegal conduct as well. Learn more about insider trading directly from the SEC by clicking the link below: https://www.sec.gov/answers/insider.htm

See the Newest FASB Revenue Recognition Update: http://www.fasb.org/jsp/FASB/Document_C/DocumentPage?cid=1176168162753&acceptedDisclaimer=true

Check out these tips from the SEC on ways to keep your online account from fraud.  

Corporate insiders – meaning a company’s officers and directors, and any beneficial owners of more than ten percent of a class of the company’s equity securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 – must file with the SEC a statement of ownership regarding those securities.   https://www.sec.gov/answers/form345.htm

The AICPA Revenue Recognition Task Forces indentified implementation issues/concerns with the FASB’s new revenue recognition standards specifically for the Engineering and Construction Contractros. See link below for full list of implementation issues addressed:   http://www.aicpa.org/InterestAreas/FRC/AccountingFinancialReporting/RevenueRecognition/Pages/RRTF-Construction.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AICPA_FinancialReportingCenter+%28AICPA.Org+Financial+Reporting+Center%29 

Pyramid schemes give promises of quick and high returns, but they are exactly what the name implies “schemes.” Make sure that you make investments in strong companies with proven and highly ethical management teams. Owners and Managers also be aware of the promise(s) that you deliver investors. If you sounds like a pyramid scheme orRead more

Form 10-K isn’t a form that requires 10,000 words, although at times it may feel like it. Form 10-K is required by public companies to file with the SEC on an annual basis. It is a great tool for investors to learn more about the companies that they are investing in or potentially will investRead more

The following link to an article in the Journal of Accountancy gives a plain English interpretation of the new Revenue Recognition standards. Put into plain English, it makes quite a bit of sense. http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/newsletters/2016/mar/revenue-recognition-standard-in-plain-english.html It can be amazing how something so simple can be so complicated when you get down to the details. Remember that Public business entities, certain not-for-profitRead more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2016-131 Washington D.C., June 27, 2016 —  The Securities and Exchange Commission voted today to propose amendments that would increase the financial thresholds in the “smaller reporting company” definition.  The proposal to update the definition would expand the number of companies that qualify as smaller reporting companies, thus qualifying for certain existing scaledRead more