I should be able to freely choose my investment products and not have to my freedoms taken away at the sole discretion of the government. I oppose this proposed action.
Testimony by Senior Vice President of Investor Education and President of the FINRA Investor Education Foundation Gerri Walsh Before the Senate Special Committee on Aging
This is the height of arrogance of straight white men to assume that we are not sophisticated enough to understand inverse ETF's or variable annuities. Stop your Sexist actions now.
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There should be more transparency on short positions and action taken to prevent naked shorts which will hurt the retail investors.
Dear FINRA,
I feel that there is already too much regulation with respect to what FINRA considers complex investments. In fact, these products allow investors to protect and hedge their investments in market downturns. Moreover, these products allow investors to learn about markets in the least expensive way. For example, the inverted and/or leveraged ETFs cost less and are way more preferred
The $25,000 requirement for pattern day traders in order to consistently trade Intraday is more hazardous then a “protection” the $25,000 requirement to preform consistent intraday trades, prevents small “start up investors” or people wanting to learn to day trade from effectively trading, as the PDT can effectively stop someone from avoiding a reversal in price action due to plain fear of being
There needs to be a far stronger watch on naked short selling that is clearly a major issue in the current market. Investors should have full transparency to what's going on within the markets they invest their money in. The entire world has their eyes on the US Financial system at the moment. The result of the lack of oversight and control has put extreme distrust in the American financial
I have the right to invest, buy, sell or trade investment products as Im responsible for my own actions. No third party should be involved in my personal business.
There absolutely no to suppress the freedoms of investment whether it for or against the market. If institutions are allowed to and not be held accountable for nearly breaking Americans back then it is only fair to bet against their actions.
