IMPORTANT MAIL VOTE
OFFICERS, PARTNERS, PROPRIETORS
TO: All NASD Members
LAST VOTING DATE IS JUNE 3, 1988
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
NASD members are invited to vote on a proposed amendment to Article V, Section 1 of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice and Section 12(2) of the proposed Government Securities Rules. The amendments would remove the current limitation of $15,000 that a member or person
Leveraged ETFs are an extremely important part of my long-term investment in my taxable accounts and also IRA accounts. Please don't arbitrarily dictate what we can invest and what we can't. You will disrupt our retirement plans and perhaps we should sue the authority for the adverse actions.
I oppose restrictions to my right to invest in what I choose and why I choose it. I choose to invest in leveraged and inverse funds and have for several years as its a minor portion of my investing plan to offset smaller growth stocks. It seems unfair to put restrictions on my investing actions at this point in my investing.
TO: All NASD Members
ATTN: Compliance and Registration Personnel
Effective July 1, 1985, the revised Form U-4 (Uniform Application for Securities Industry Registration or Transfer) and Form U-5 (Uniform Termination Notice for Securities Industry Registration) will be used to register and terminate individuals with the NASD through the Central Registration Depository (CRD). The revised forms are
I am firmly against the proposed changes to limit access to and actions on leveraged and inverse funds. For myself and others like me, they are a legitimate, useful, and profitable investing vehicle that form a significant portion of my short term investing strategy. Respectfully, I am asking that you do not over regulate where it is not needed.
The proposed legislation is vague to the point where it allows fairly unhindered interference by regulators in the market, and fundamentally skews it against the private individual investor. This is an action which will directly contribute to economic and other inequities, for which future generations will hold this administration responsible, regardless of what rhetoric it chooses to dress its
Comments: we the people do not need to be protected from ourselves. Limiting access based on high net worth intentionally separates the haves from the have nots and further increases between the 99% and the 1%. This is an un-american course of action and should be struck down immediately, in addition to all other restrictions to avenues of investments.
FINRA is issuing this Regulatory Notice to provide members an update on regulatory coordination efforts concerning compliance with CAT reporting rules (the “CAT compliance rules”). In particular, FINRA and the national securities exchanges, as CAT NMS Plan Participants, have entered into a Rule 17d-2 Plan and corresponding Regulatory Services Agreements (RSAs) to coordinate regulation of the CAT
Comment Period Expires August 31, 1993
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Executive Summary
As part of its ongoing efforts to ensure investor protection and enhance market quality, the NASD® Board of Governors, at its July 16, 1993 meeting, approved issuance of a Notice to Members soliciting comment on its action to
