I strongly support FINRA's mission to protect investors from ensuring an open, honest, and fair securities market, a key piece of which is striving to align investor needs and goals with product choice. It is probably or even likely that "complex" products are not appropriate for most investors, and to that end these products are broadly not used by most investors. Few defined
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Good morning. First let me thank Martin Baily for the invitation to talk with you this morning. Martin, I also want to commend you for the work you do here in Washington to bring about a greater understanding of business and the economy and, specifically of financial regulation.
It’s a pleasure to be here today to participate in this important discussion on the role of
To whom it may concern: I would like to know if there are plans to repair the fines in regards to short interest reporting, naked shorts and dark pool trading? I think that naked shorts should be fined based on the quantity of fake shares multiplied by the price of the share in question. So for 5 million fake shares at say $25 per share would result in a $125 million fine. This is a fair way,
Comments Regarding Effective Methods to Educate New Investors. I think one of the first places to start would be to get an effective basic investor training program as part of every single high school curriculum in this country. Most schools seem to instruct so that the student can pass a test, not necessarily be educated about financial literacy. The last time I was able to present a basic
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On December 3, 1998, the
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I am John Gannon, Senior Vice President for Investor Education with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA. On behalf of FINRA, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to testify today.
