By Christine Kieffer, Senior Director, Office of Investor Education, FINRALast month, financial columnist Charlotte Cowles detailed how she lost $50,000 to a financial scam. Charlotte’s story is both alarming and illuminating—and very powerful. And, sadly, she is not alone.There likely are millions of scam stories like hers. Sophisticated criminal organizations steal billions of dollars every
Hello, I appreciate the opportunity to comment on this issue. The premise behind the day trading rule is based on protecting the investor, but this limits a lot of small investors from learning the trade. Let's be honest here, there's a lot of "day traders" who aren't successful because they are gambling. Well, at least with the stock market, people are able to make
08-46 - Interpretive Guidance on Capital Treatment of Introducing Broker-Dealers' Clearing Deposits
I was an advisor with a series 65. Some of my clients were knowledgeable some not. There is no doubt that FINRA has some good regulatory laws but guys this is a huge over reach. It is not your job to protect me against myself. This is play money not retirement money. Even if ten or twenty percent of my retirement money was in derivatives that is none of your business. Let the broker and or the
Revision to Net Capital Treatment of Clearing Agreement Penalty Clauses
In the Regulatory Short Takes section of the Spring 2000 Regulatory & Compliance Alert, Volume 14-1, NASD indicated that all or a portion of the amount specified in a clearing agreement as a termination fee would be treated as a charge to the introducing firm's net capital. The Question and Answer included in
I have a long time horizon and fully understand the risks involved in these products but they also provide me substantial return enhancement at relatively low cost. This is especially important in a projected long term investment environment when expected stock returns will be muted compared to history. Do not take this opportunity set away from investors!!
To whom it may concern,
The ability to freely trade with inverse and leveraged ETFs allows me to maintain an active trading portfolio without relying on the volatility of individual stocks. Therefore, if you remove the right of U.S. Citizens to invest in the funds they deem appropriate, they may be left to invest in ways that a bureaucracy feels is safe, but that is not really that safe.
I am not a full time investor. I feel very confident that the risks of leveraged funds are not difficult to understand. I feel it is no different with ordinary stocks or funds. I believe the index leveraged funds are actually more clear on what my risks are. Please do no limit such flexibility. Brokers make it clear that these options require more knowledge of risks.
I am very concerned about the possibility of regulation of leveraged and inverse funds. These are so important to protecting me as an investor. I am not a large investor and only have $30,000 in the stock market. I am not a wealthy individual. Please don't take my ability as the "little guy" to be able to try to make some much needed money.
Markets move quickly and have become more volatile than ever. I believe its critical that investors retain the ability to quickly and cost effectively invest in interest rate moves, stock market and volatility moves. This cannot be a right reserved only for rich "qualified investors". This should be the right of every investor. Thank you.
