1) What is the single most neglected area in the field of investor education? How might this area be developed? ANSWER: While the barrier of entry to investment markets is lower than ever with online low cost trading platforms, etc. - the technical knowledge required to make informed corporate investment decisions, creates a huge barrier to the average investor. A single most neglected area is
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The OTC Reporting Facility (ORF) is the service provided by FINRA for the reporting of trades in OTC Equity Securities executed other than on or through an exchange and for trades in Restricted Equity Securities effected under Securities Act Rule 144A and dissemination of last sale reports.For those OTC Equity Securities and Restricted Equity Securities that are not eligible for clearance and
Most transfers of customer accounts from one brokerage firm (the "carrying firm") to another (the "receiving firm") occur through the Automated Customer Account Transfer Service (ACATS), an electronic transfer system developed by the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) to automate and standardize the transfer of accounts. When it is not possible to use ACATS,
September 2021 marked the sixth anniversary of FINRA’s annual Createathon event, under the theme, “Powered by People.” For three days, teams of staff collaborated across business and technology to innovate. Among the many game-changing solutions created was Xpand Reality, an augmented reality simulation web and mobile app for investor education. The story of the app’s key features,
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Restricting the participation of investors is longer a viable,wise or justifiable as we are experiencing the greatest participation in the history of the markets. Along with this participation we are seeing the knowledge base of the small investor increase exponentially. This is exactly what we need, can only happen organically and will lead to more stable and liquid markets where
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