Binary Options And Securities Regulation

Recently, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) updated and expanded its 2015 advisory warning investors about online binary option schemes.  NASAA offers the following explanation of "binary options":

Making A List Of Securities And Checking It Twice

California Corporations Code Section 25019 defines "security" not by saying what a security is but by providing examples of numerous types of securities. In this respect, Section 25019 is reminiscent of Section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933....

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