I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family, because this is my "small business" (this is my main source of income)
Public investments should be available to ALL of the public,
not just the privileged, because many retail investors do this for a living (not for fun). Give more regulations to the "TOO BIG TO FAIL" not to
As an investor these products allow us to hedge our portfolios during market downtrends, which can be an easier and far more cost effective method to shorting stock, while also being less complicated then having to buy puts on an underlying index or security. The leveraged funds allow investors to profit off of bull runs in the market, especially in a time where a standard 10% return on the S
These are products that are used by sophisticated investors who understand the risks and are willing to take them as part of their overall strategy for their reward.
Restricting access or imposing onerous criteria to meet before an investor can trade/invest in them goes against every principle of a free-market economy.
The entire premise of this regulatory notice is false, and data mining is used
I Oppose Restrictions To My Right to Invest in Complex Products, including Leveraged and Inverse funds! Any attempt to impose restrictions on the individuals right to buy these trading instruments gives the large trading firms an unfair advantage and makes the market unfair to us. Large firms have resources to use trading programs and other trading tools which individual investors do not have.
FINRA Rule 4111(b) requires the Department of Member Supervision (Department) to calculate annually a member firm’s "Preliminary Identification Metrics" to determine whether the firm meets the "Preliminary Criteria for Identification."1 A key driver of that is whether a member firm’s Preliminary Identification Metrics meet quantitative, risk-based "Preliminary
I have been investing for over 30 years. I have a passion for studying the markets and paying attention to the economy and market cycles. Over 30 years I have personally experienced the best bull markets and bear markets of the past 75 years. If there is one thing I have learned, there is NO reason to be bullish (long the stock market) 100% of the time, and there is No reason to be bearish 100
On This PagePortfolio Margin DataFiling ScheduleHow to Access the File Upload FunctionBefore Uploading a File for the First TimeHow to Upload a FilePortfolio Margin Exam DataPortfolio Margin DataFINRA requires that all Portfolio Margin (PM) member firms submit their PM data via a file upload (fileX Upload).For more information on the expanded data requirements, please download version 2.0 of the
On December 5, 2022, FINRA will re- platform the OTC Reporting Facility (ORF) to a new Linux-based operating system. This will include Trade Data Dissemination Service (TDDS) protocol changes FINRA previously announced.
A TDDS parallel production test period will run from Monday, November 7, 2022, through Friday, December 2, 2022. During this period both TDDS 2.0 multicast and TDDS 2.1
Important Year 2000 Information
Based on milestones published by the Securities Industry Association (SIA), securities firms at this time should have a comprehensive Year 2000 program plan in place and be actively certifying third-party products and service providers for Year 2000 readiness. Firms also need to begin completing the repairs to any of their internal applications and testing these
SR-FINRA-2008-048 - Proposed Rule Change to Adopt FINRA Rule 6121 (Trading Halts Due to Extraordinary Market Volatility)
