Comment Period Expires: February 16, 1998
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NASD Regulation, Inc. (NASD RegulationSM) requests comment on two proposed rules, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) Rules 2315 and 2350, which would require members to review
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On July 22, 1994, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved an NASD rule change that deletes Part IX, Schedule D to the NASD By-Laws. The deleted provision permitted NASD members to access The Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) in a market-making capacity without subscribing to Level 3 Nasdaq Workstation
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved amendments to the Interpretation of the Board of Governors — Forwarding of Proxy and Other Materials, Article III, Section 1 of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
LAST DATE FOR COMMENT: AUGUST 22, 1987.
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The NASD requests comments on a proposed amendment to Schedule C to the By-Laws that would establish a new level of registration — below the level of "Representative" — for persons in member firms whose activities are limited to providing current securities quotations and
Comment Period Expires April 24, 1995
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The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) recently issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) under the Government Securities Act of 1986 (GSA). Treasury intends to implement rules to require persons
Any restrictions on the investment opportunities of retail investors are fundamentally misguided. Though an increase in due diligence might be helpful in guaranteeing brokers do not offer inappropriate investment advice to their under-informed clients (which is already disallowed), anyone who is willing to read the prospectuses and understand the products they are investing in should be
Dear Finra,
Leveraged funds are an important part of my investment strategy. Please do not make them difficult to access.
Yes, I understand and think most understand that the daily reset on leveraged funds means that an investor won't automatically earn the multiple of the index.
That said, they are tax efficient relative to futures for those of us who must invest in taxable brokerage
Dear FINRA,
I am hereby writing to object to the rule enhancement articulated on Regulatory Notice 22-08, which proposes a restriction on investors' ability to trade complex products and options.
I clearly understand your concern about investors making uninformed investment decisions on options and complex products specifically to leveraged or inverse exchange-traded products. However,
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