Comments: Restricting an investor's access to investment products will only put them at a disadvantage. These tools fit into a number of viable investment strategies, and can be useful to hedge a portfolio to mitigate risk. Having higher net worth doesn't not necessarily make someone a more intelligent, qualified investor. Providing information and making investors aware of
Freedom is our right. Comgresss trafers on inside information and you want to disallow constituents freedom to invest in their choice of investments. You are not special but may think you are. Your below average thinkers, make stupid rules and are currently led by a incompetent old man who cant remember his thoughts and who enriched his family of. Crooks and enabled his son to make millions.
Regulators are spending a lot of time informing traders on ways they cant get make money. Its awful to see big name companies and hedge funds find ways to stay rich while regulators focus on stopping retail traders from trading. We dont tell regulators how to do their jobs but we constantly have to hear from then on how we can trade.
It is my belief that any individual should retain the right to make investments as he/she sees fit without the imposition of restrictions if they deem a particular investment to be in their best interest. With particular regard towards leveraged and inverse funds, such an investment helps to create a balanced investment strategy that allows for individuals to hedge their investments. Ample
The Annuities Securities Products 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.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reproposing to adopt Rule 13h-l and Form 13H under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Originally published for comment in 1991, the proposed rule establishes a system for identifying large-trader accounts and transactions, and places certain
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FINRA Requests Comment on Proposed Rule Requiring the Filing of Supplemental FOCUS Information and Proposed Supplementary Schedule to the Statement of Income (Loss) Page of FOCUS Report Parts II and IIA
" Publication of Short Interest for Exchange-listed Equity Securities" Why are firms are currently allowed to hold any unreported open short positions? In the OTC market, one firm's large short position could potentially destroy a company. " Content of Short Interest Data" The more data points you collect and publish, the better. A free and fair market means transparency
To whom it may concern at FINRA, I am not a very eloquent person, so please note that I have taken bits and pieces of comments and copy/pasted them. Just because I have not articulated these thoughts myself, does not mean that I am any less passionate about the proposed rule changes. Since beginning my journey as a retail investor and learning more about our financial systems I have lost complete