(a) Excessive Transactions
No member shall effect with or for any customer's account in respect to which such member or his agent or employee is vested with any discretionary power any transactions of purchase or sale which are excessive in size or frequency in view of the financial resources and character of such account.
(b) Authorization and Acceptance of Account
No member or
This rule is no longer applicable. NASD Rule 2510 has been superseded by FINRA Rule 3260. Please consult the appropriate FINRA Rule.
(a) Excessive Transactions
No member shall effect with or for any customer's account in respect to which such member or his agent or employee is vested with any discretionary power any transactions of purchase or sale which are excessive in size or frequency
(a) Events Requiring Application
A member shall file an application for approval of any of the following changes to its ownership, control, or business operations:
(1) a merger of the member with another member, unless both are members of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or the surviving entity will continue to be a member of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.;
(2) a direct or indirect
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NASD recently completed a study of secondary market trading in direct participation program (DPP) securities. As a result, this notice is being issued to emphasize the applicability and relevance of certain NASD rules
Leveraged Funds and Inverse Funds are important in our ability to protect client's assets on the downside. Without the ability to use these funds it would impair the value of our investment strategies. We do not believe in market timing but trend following using momentum alogrithms and moving averages can protect client's assets during vicious bear markets. Please do not restrict our
FINRA is making available in one place on its website a list of firms and individuals responsible for unpaid customer arbitration awards. FINRA is providing the information in this new format to provide greater transparency around those firms and individuals with unpaid arbitration awards and to make this information more readily accessible to investors. The information will also continue to
It is the responsibility of the investor, not the regulators to evaluate market risk. Predetermining these risk and who is qualified to take such risk is a slippery slope. Shall we regulate risk for public companies with historically high PE ratios? it is the investors responsibility to way risk and loss. Investors are not children, they need to take responsibility to for their actions. The
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Summary
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Mortgage-Backed Security (MBS) data provides comprehensive information on mortgage-backed securities (MBSs) that traded within the past 10 years.
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Amortization
Amortizing securities are debt securities like bonds, but they pay the principal back with each payment rather than upon maturity.
