Bring back the protections put in place by FDR and worked for 75 years! The uptick rule, the prohibition against naked shorting for EVERYONE, strong enforcement of predatory stock manipulation, etc... The most powerful forces on Wall Street prey on small investors, we the people, and it needs to stop! They are parasites at the expense of jobs and the savings of everyday Americans. Do the right
I'm just a lower-middle class investor. For the most part, the general public should be allowed to invest in inverse and leveraged funds as long as the companies providing them aren't out to scam the public with unreasonable and/or suspicious tricks. If there is something unusual about a fund, a brief-to-the-point and clear explanation, avoiding double-negative language,
The tools of an investor to offset risk through the use of some of the inverse or short funds could substantially impact their ability to mitigate losses. Investors need to understand the risks involved in EVERY product, including publicly traded stocks. ALL investments carry risk, every single one. The Boards ability to define who is knowledgeable or not is overstepping their scope of regulation
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
ATTN: Training Directors and Registration Personnel
The purpose of this notice is twofold:
Part I announces the availability in mid-March of study outlines for a revised Series 7 General Securities Representative Qualification Examination. Pending SEC approval, it is expected that this new version of the test will be introduced at the June 1986
On Thursday, September 1, 2022, FINRA will begin to collect data on depository institutions’ daily transactions in marketable U.S. Treasury securities and in the debentures and MBS issued by U.S. federal government agencies, including government-sponsored enterprises (agencies), via its Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE).
A second production User Acceptance Test (UAT) will occur on
Thank you for considering these changes and taking an interest in retail investor opinions about them. I will keep it brief. First, it is no secret that stock shorting has become a practice that works in a way that is predatory to American businesses. Second, with decades of deregulation within financial markets the people who do engage in the more predatory forms of shorting have used antiquated
FINRA is alerting consumers of its OTC Transparency Data to some recent changes related to the FINRA API platform.
OAuth2 Authentication:
In order to improve security, FINRA is transitioning to OAuth2 authentication. As such, the API platform will only support OAuth2 authentication starting June 1, 2022.
After May 31, 2022 the FINRA API platform will no longer support Basic
As announced by the Board of the Federal Reserve System in the Federal Register on October 28, 2021, FINRA will collect detailed data on depository institutions' daily transactions of marketable U.S. Treasury securities and of the debt and MBS issued by U.S. federal government agencies including government-sponsored enterprises (agencies) via its Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE
On Thursday, September 1, 2022, FINRA will begin to collect data on depository institutions’ daily transactions in marketable U.S. Treasury securities and in the debentures and MBS issued by U.S. federal government agencies, including government-sponsored enterprises (agencies), via its Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE).
A production User Acceptance Test (UAT) will occur on Saturday
The Anti-Money Laundering, Fraud and Sanctions section of the 2023 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
