Each individual investor should be able to decide which investment suits his/her needs. There are usually articles from the brokerage firms and online. All investments have their own risk. The best of stocks can have a down side. The investing community does not need the Government or any of its bodies overlooking each individual's investments.
FINRA -should not limit my choose to invest in leveraged and inverse funds. With inverse funds I can still manage to potentially make gains in an IRA account as I cant short in this type of account. If you limit this I can only go down. I have a collage degree and understand the risk associated with any type of trading or investment. I have gone to school for trading and am doing what I love to
(a) Definition — "Rights"
The term "rights" or "rights to subscribe," as used in this Rule is the privilege offered to holders of record of issued securities to subscribe (usually on a pro rata basis) for additional securities of the same class, of a different class, or of a different issuer as the case may be.
(b) Definition — "Warrants"
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TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
On April 30, 1984, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") published for comment changes to the National Market System (NMS) designation criteria which by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("Association" or "NASD") has proposed. If adopted, the effect of the changes
All efforts need to be made to protect unexpecting investors from zero sum Ponzi/Pyramid/Greater Fool schemes like Crypto-"currencies"! => Why bitcoin is worse than a Madoff-style Ponzi scheme: https://www.ft.com/content/83a14261-598d-4601-87fc-5dde528b33d0
All efforts need to be made to separate legitimate longterm investing from short term, nanosecond gambling. The
Trade Reporting Notice - 8/14/08 - Trade Reporting Frequently Asked Questions
People should have the ability to protect themselves in cases of market downturns. People understand insurance against unforeseen events. A market downturn just when you need your money is a serious event. People need to be able to buy protection against that. Also, there is plenty of information made available to investors about these funds. The average investor should understand it well enough
I oppose any restrictions on my trading / investing activity. Leveraged and inverse funds are just a fraction of my overall portfolio but play an important role. With the proper rebalancing they can be used as a long term investment. It's easily to learn about leveraged ETF's online or with books. Let the free market decide if leveraged funds are worthy of existing without regulations.
Leveraged ETFs and options can, in many cases, reduce an investors risk when used as a part of a larger portfolio. To exclude their use by everyday investors is to put many of them in an even more at risk position. Simply buying and holding individual stocks can be much more risky, and the equities market would cease to exist if that weren't allowed.
It seems there are a lot of rules and guidelines already in place to ensure a fair stock market for the hedge funds and retail investors. But none of these seem to be enforced, so what the point? You look the other way why the market is grossly manipulated, and the little man suffers... is that the new American way? -Michael C.
