I'm an ordinary investor in my 50s and have been investing in leveraged and inverse ETFs for about a decade. As an adult and investor I should be able to invest in leveraged and inverse products without requiring me to jump thru hoops. Leveraged products should be treated like any other high risk stocks or instrument, i.e., raise the margin requirement but do not require any undue
This is proposal is another fine example of government intervention where none is needed. I know that this proposal is written by special interest groups driven by their profit motivation not for the best interest of the public. No one is going to invest in a leveraged fund unless they know what they are investing in. In no way should regulations require that investors go through any special
1423 Leslie Avenue Alexandria, VA 22301 August 7, 2023 Jennifer Piorko Mitchell Office of the Corporate Secretary FINRA 1735 K Street, NW Washington DC 20006-1506 RE: Rule 5110 and Regulatory Notice 23-09 Dear Ms. Mitchell: Thank you for the opportunity to comment on FINRA rules impacting capital formation. CrowdCheck, together with its affiliated law firm, CrowdCheck Law, was formed for the
Under FINRAs potential regulations, if your investments are deemed complex you might be required to: Pass a regulator-imposed test of your specialized investment knowledge Demonstrate a high net worth Get special approval from your broker Attest to reading certain materials Go through cooling off periods where you cant invest FINRA Should mind their own business and leave individual investors
TO: All NASD Members and Level 2 and Level 3 Subscribers
On Tuesday, April 15, 1986, 37 issues are scheduled to join the NASDAQ National Market System, bringing the total number of issues in NASDAQ/NMS to 2,307. These 37 issues, which will begin trading under real-time trade reporting, are entering NASDAQ/NMS pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission's criteria for voluntary
I am writing to express significant concern with respect to regulations being considered by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) that may restrict my ability to buy leveraged and inverse funds and dozens of other popular investments deemed by FINRA to be complex. Leveraged and inverse funds are very important to my investment strategies. I regularly use them to protect (hedge) my
Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Expansion of the Order Audit Trail System to All NMS Stocks
Imagine a new age of regulation in which compliance efforts were highly effective, and were also inexpensive. This seeming alchemy is coming to financial services in the form of new-generation “regtech.”
FINRA has developed a video demonstration of the new web-based interface through which firms will begin submitting short interest reports to FINRA effective January 17, 2017.
Dear FINRA,
I object to this rule that public investments should be restricted to a small number of privileged individuals. Making the public pass tests in order to invest in public funds is elitist and opposes our nations tradition of individual improvement through investing. As a woman, it is critical to me that I have access to all types of public investment because these types of rules are
