The Outside Business Activities and Private Securities Transactions topic of the 2025 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
It is nakedly clear that the only group you stand to protect is the establishment who have a vested interest in the traditional financial markets going up and to the right indefinitely. However, as the government inflates away the value of our savings the only people who stand to gain from impending crashes are the already wealthy. Your arbitrary barriers are clearly designed to favor the wealthy
As a short term tool, buying inverse ETFs can be very valuable, and can actually help traders achieve financial objectives that they can not either otherwise achieve, or would require the use of riskier derivatives. Obviously, assets do not always rise, so trading just the long side means forgoing potential profit when assets decline. Also, using inverse ETFs during declining markets acts as a
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I urge FINRA to continue with the existing policy that allows leveraged inverse funds to be treated as any other publicly tradable ETF fund.
Individual investors/retail investors should have the freedom of choice to engage in risky, short-term heavy assets.
The risks are already communicated in existing shareholder comms and broker dealings. Also most investors in these funds
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Investor trust and confidence have plummeted to historic lows. But if there is a silver lining amidst these dark clouds, it is that the turmoil creates an opportunity to “fix the plumbing” of the U.S., and global, regulatory architecture – patching the leaks, but also modernizing the piping in such a way to promote market stability and investor confidence, and lay the groundwork for renewed growth and stability.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or "Commission") has approved an amendment that adds a new section to Part I of Schedule C to the NASD By-Laws requiring members to provide notification in writing
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The purpose of this Special Notice to Members is to announce the
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Committees.1 The individuals identified in this
VALDES & MORENO, INC.819 MAIN STREET, ROOM 304, PARKVILLE, MO 64152VALIC FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.2919 ALLEN PARKWAY, L3-20, HOUSTON, TX 77019-2158VALIDATE CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC505 PARK AVENUE, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10022VALKYRIE EQUITIES CORPORATION14455 WEBB CHAPEL ROAD, SUITE 201, DALLAS, TX 75234VALLEY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, INC.350 MADISON AVE., 4TH FLOOR, COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT, NEW
It's very simple, we live in a country of freedom. That freedom should include how we decide to invest or use our financial assets.
