Today, I found out my broker invested my $6000 in the wrong stock. How did I find out? He called me to let me know the stock crashed. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I learned that my dad invested my entire college fund into some shady internet stock, despite my dire warnings about being careful. He told me not to worry as he'd done some research, and he guaranteed everything would be fine. Two hours later that same stock dropped almost 75%. FML
Today, my portfolio manager called me and said he had invested all of my retirement in Circuit City. FML
Today, my husband had to admit that he lost 5000$ on a cryptocurrency scam that some asshole Twitch streamer convinced him to invest in via Twitter. FML
Today, I got fired from my position as a financial investor for giving a client the exact investment he asked for, even though the investment was out of my mandate, and I had gone to my direct manager to authorize the investment. My manager was promoted. FML
Today, I tried to sell 2,000 options contracts, but I bought them instead, resulting in a big loss. FML
Today, my boss told me that I was getting a promotion. I was so excited to tell my family and friends the good news, but when I got home and checked my bank account, I realized that I had accidentally transferred all of my savings to my ex's account. FML
Today, I frantically told my parents that my bank account had no money. Turns out, they took the $1,600 I had saved up from a summer job and invested it in penny-stocks. I was grounded because they were "doing it for the family," and I'm being selfish. They also had lost it all in a matter of days. FML
Today, I found out that the $200 a week I was paying my dad for my car insurance and payment, wasn't actually paying my insurance and car payment. How did I find out he wasn't paying? Repo man took my car. FML
Today, my brother finally paid me the $60 he owed me. I later found out that he'd stolen those $60 from my wallet. FML
Today, I found out that after three years of telling my boss our strategy wasn't going to work, that I was right - it didn't work. I also found out that because it didn't work, I lost my job. My boss still has his. FML
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Top comments
hitmanoo 16
if he's a licenced broker you can easily recoup your $. sue.
ProfessorNinja 0
You shouldn't need to sue. As your broker, he has a fiduciary responsibility to act in your best interest, which includes investing only in what you tell him to. As such, he's more than likely to carry Errors and Omissions insurance of some sort. Assuming you can demonstrate the error was his, you should neither need to sue nor threaten to sue. Ask him to submit an E&O claim. At six grand, it should barely dent his premiums. He won't even bat an eye.
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Comments (60)
aenjgurlie 0
wow
mc1900 4
why are you still using a broker, especially such a crap one. DIY. - YDI
skyshark 0
@21. you're obviously very stupid when it comes to the stock market. now is a great time to invest. I've tripled my money in the past 6 months. the bug losers were the baby boomers who invested 10-15 years ago and had their nest egg crash. here's a tip, if you day trade, FSLR is a good fluctuating stock gaurenteed to allow u to but low, sell high, rinse and repeat.
ggriffin 0
Sure, if you have a hundred thousand laying around to trade with. A $118 stock? Daytrading??
skyshark 0
Not everyone is as poor as you. if you're a broke ass then you should have bought AIG when it was at .38 a share, then you'd have plenty of money. Dont blame me for not knowing how to invest. Now go sulk in your cardboard box while I relax in one of the finest flats in Würzburg. Tschuss!
skyshark 0
*big losers
aback 5
Fire his ass. You could do that well yourself.
shanny411 0
don't get it
skyshark 0
I forgot to add, YDI.
pandabear90 0
blaah
JJ5 2
knock his ass out
iluvninjas 0
you should so sue him! hes not a good broker if he put aalllll that money there!!