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Dont do this. Regulation has its place and is critical for truthful reporting and legitimacy of entities but this goes too far. It is not the place of government agencies to decide what the public can or cannot invest in. The United States financial system is not perfect but this is a solution to problem no one has asked to be fixed. Our capital markets offer tremendous opportunity to everyone
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I would like to submit a public comment on possible restrictions on my right to invest in public investments. Especially leveraged and inverse funds.
By way of introduction, I am 60 years old, and make most all of the financial decisions in my household. I am an active investor in stocks, funds, bonds, emerging markets, and crypto. Basically, I trade in multiple and varied securities, and run
Attention FINRA. I have been licensed in the business for more than a decade. I saw the collapse of the financial markets first-hand in 2007 to 2009 and none of it was due to retail investors breaking laws or taking risks. It was the institutions.
To restrict or prohibit an inverse ETF strategy is literally taking away the working class's means to invest in derivatives, which is an
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Notice of Annual Meeting of FINRA Firms and Proxy
D-MERC SERVICES375 BALSAM ST, LAKEWOOD, CO 80226D. B. MCKENNA & CO., INC.207 WEST MAIN STREET, BENNINGTON, VT 05201-2108D. BORAL CAPITAL590 MADISON AVE, 39TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10022D.A. DAVIDSON & CO.8 THIRD STREET NORTH, GREAT FALLS, MT 59401-3104Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 5015, GREAT FALLS, MT 59403-5015D.E. SHAW SECURITIES, L.L.C.TWO MANHATTAN WEST, 375 NINTH AVENUE, 52ND
Today I'm giving my first speech as FINRA's Chairman and CEO—and I can't think of a better audience for the occasion, although all of us wish the economic circumstances of the occasion were quite different. The fact that you are here speaks volumes about your commitment to build the most effective control environment possible at your firms.
I am writing to oppose restrictions to my right to invest in certain securities. These products can be very risky, and all investing has inherent risk, it depends on the person's financial situation and risk appetite. These restrictions are not representative of a free market, capitalism, or America itself. Keeping these complex products around allows investors to understand more pieces
