Investor Newsletters
NFA issues quarterly newsletters to provide investors with information on recent initiatives, helpful resources and upcoming events.
February 2026
Issue Highlights:
- CFTC's Dating or Defrauding: A National Relationship Scam Awareness Campaign
- Futures Fundamentals: Expand your Knowledge of the Derivatives Markets
- FINRA Investor Insights: Be Alert to Investor Risks from SMS Phishing Scams
- SEC Investor Alert: Group Chats as a Gateway to Investment Scams
- NASAA Informed Investor Advisory: Impersonation Scams
- Recent Enforcement Actions
November 2025
Issue Highlights:
- Webinar: Deconstructing to Disrupt Fraud—A Live Webinar Featuring Professor Arda Akartuna
- Investor Bulletin: World Investor Week 2025
- NFA Investor Advisory—Conducting Due Diligence
- Investor Alert: SEC Impersonators May Lure Investors into Scams Through Social Media or Text Messages
- Steps Older Adults Can Take to Reduce Fraud Risk (FINRA Investor Insight)
- Recent Enforcement Actions
August 2025
Issue Highlights:
- Futures Fundamentals
- NFA's BASIC
- SEC Investor Bulletin: Making Sense of Financial Professional Designations
- NASAA Informed Investor Advisory: Elaborate Cryptocurrency Scams Involving Self-Proclaimed “Investment Education Foundations” and “Proprietary” AI Bots
- FINRA Investor Insights: Relationship Investment Scams
- The CFTC's Romance Frauds Resource Center
- Recent Enforcement Actions
May 2025
Issue Highlights:
- Financial Literacy Month: Protect Yourself (and Your Money) from Scammers
- Learn More about the Derivatives Markets
- FINRA Investor Insights: Be Alert to Investor Risks from SMS Phishing Scams
- CFTC: Criminals Increasing Use of Generative AI to Commit Fraud
- Recent Enforcement Actions