Regulators should not determine what risks or opportunities that I want to apply to my portfolio construction. Hands off the tools I use to hedge and diversify my portfolio. There is already plenty of literature and information on the risks associated on these investments.
I'm an individual investor who trades leveraged products and options on an almost daily basis. Leveraged products and options have become the cornerstone of my investment strategy and provide the income stream I need to live on in my retirement. I've spent over 12 years as an active investor and have put the time and effort into learning how such products work using all the
As an investor, I would like to be able to choose the best investments for my personal situation. I have access to a financial planner and I am well informed of the risks in trading leveraged securities.
I am against any further regulation.
Regulatory ObligationsSEA Rule 15c3-3 (Customer Protection Rule) imposes requirements on firms that are designed to protect customer funds and securities. Firms are obligated to maintain custody of customers’ fully paid and excess margin securities and safeguard customer funds. Firms satisfy these requirements by keeping customer funds in a special reserve bank account and by maintaining customer
As a mostly outside observer who has be diving into the inner workings of the mechanics behind short selling, I've noticed that the lack of transparency effectively makes it impossible to determine the overall value of the short positions that exist, along with a lack of information about how many synthetic shares are created and how positions are opening and closing on a regular basis. This
At the request of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), NASD convened and led a Joint NASD/Industry Breakpoint Task Force, with representatives from, among others, Investment Company Institute ("ICI"), Securities Industry Association ("SIA"), National Security Clearing Corporation ("NSCC"), broker/dealers, mutual funds, and transfer agents, to examine the difficulties that the financial industry experienced delivering breakpoint discounts on Class A mutual fund share sales and to develop recommendations to facilitate the complete and accurate delivery of breakpoint discounts in the future.
Provided are URLs (Internet addresses) to access Web CRD and the Web CRD site for Registered Representatives.
Nominees for the District Committees and District Nominating Committees
Please make this happen. There’s just no reason why we can’t have up to date information in this day and age. Transparency is important to a functional capitalist system
Executive Summary
The purpose of this Election Notice is notify FINRA small firm members that ballots to elect one New York Region representative to the Small Firm Advisory Committee (SFAC) have been mailed to all eligible firms. FINRA small firm members1 in the New York Region as of the close of business on Friday, October 18, 2019, are eligible to vote in these elections. All eligible firms
