Big government regulations are not needed in controlling investment interest. I should not have to have a degree in investments to be able to choose how I invest. My interest in over the counter investments and pink sheet investments has already been blocked and limits my exit severely due to low volume of stock movement. This move to control trading opportunities, is not in the interest of
This should not be decided by regulators. This should be a freedom decided by the investor whose money is at risk. Should penny stocks, crypto and other equally risky assets be banned as well? Should investors not have the right to buy or sell assets during certain market conditions that regulars deem unsafe for the investor? No, these are decisions for those with assets who have decided to take
I am a disabled individual who has managed to support myself and my daughter for the last 5 years by trading stocks. During that time my net worth has never exceeded $150,000. THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT TRADING LEVERAGED ETFs ! My brokerage (Fidelity) Required that I read and acknowledge a very stringent warning about the risks before allowing me to trade these securities, and
This attempt at limiting my ability to invest and trade is outrageous. This is regulatory over reach that assumes we are unable to make our own informed decisions about our investment portfolios. Please consider that my family and I should be able to choose unfettered, which investments are best for us. We should not be burdened with a special and arbitrary process. Leveraged and inverse funds
It is common knowledge that markets are manipulated by large funds and privileged wealthy investors. Leveraged and inverse funds are the small investors way to level the playing field. People should have the right to make their own financial decisions. Information regarding risks is adequate to inform an investor who should take responsibility for their own actions. Passing a knowledge test does
I oppose the SEC Proposed Rule #S7-24-15 for the following reasons 1. It is a form of Central Control for the "government" to impose its judgement on investors about investment vehicles that play a key role in risk mitigation for portfolio managers. 2. It is way to impose additional costs on investors and barriers to market efficiency. When markets are made less efficient people will
As we approach the end of the first quarter of 2024, FINRA’s Cyber and Analytics Unit (CAU) proactively warns member firms of continuing social engineering campaigns involving fraudulent representations of individuals purporting to be FINRA representatives. As with many types of social engineering campaigns, threat actors may use website domain names (sites) that are similar to FINRA.org (e.g., Finra-latam.org, finra.world, finra.eu), fraudulently use FINRA’s logo or purport to be legitimate FINRA employees. These domains and individuals are not associated with FINRA.
I support the proposed changes. In addition i believe that there are several levels of self-dealing, impropriety, negligence and perhaps outright fraud-by-omission, happening at the SEC itself, which routinely harms retail investors as a class. My suspicions were raised by commentary around 'meme stocks' and comments by various industry professionals in publicly available materials. I
As a retail investor I am very hesitant to invest anymore money into stocks when I'm seeing this blatant manipulation of the market by market makers and hedge funds. I feel like they're not going to act in good faith when doing so doesn't benefit them as much. We as investors need to see more than just fines imposed and some real solid action on combatting this behavior for a fair
I've not seen any regulation on Dark Pools. This needs to be addressed and acted upon as dark pools allow for hedge funds/shorts to manipulate market price by routing stock buys in them. My vote is to outlaw and remove dark pools entirely. I know it's supposed to be used for huge exchanges without affecting the market, but at this point, it's more and more being used for illegal
