I am Richard Ketchum, Chairman and CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA. On behalf of FINRA, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to testify today.
On this issues presented, my comments are: Short Interest Positions: I feel that short interest positions should be reported as all other positions are reported. There are videos of former hedge fund managers(Jim Cramer) admitting that psychological manipulation and misinformation are essential tools for a hedge fund to create narratives in the media for the purpose of manipulating a stock.
This email is to warn member firms of an ongoing phishing campaign that involves fraudulent emails purporting to be from FINRA and using the domain name “@filling-regfinra.com”. The domain of “filling-regfinra.com” is not connected to FINRA, and firms should delete all emails originating from this domain. Member firms should be aware that they may receive similar phishing emails from other domain
<p>Proposed employee leasing arrangement does not violate Rule 2420.</p>
Retail investors are losing faith in the market. I urge you to take action to regularly disclose all short positions, whether genuine or synthetic (through married options, for example) on a weekly basis. This will allow individual investors to make more informed decisions about which companies they should invest their money in and will resolve the question of whether bad actors are using illegal
As an informed and educated professional, I should have the right to invest in whatever funds I please. Leveraged ETFS in particular do not pose a risk to my personal financial freedom or wealth. As someone who has read the prospectus of UPRO, TQQQ and TMF, I feel that it is my right as an American to express myself freely supporting these leveraged funds. I know the risks that come with these
SummaryOver the past 18 months, U.S. securities markets have experienced dramatic volatility. At the same time, individual investors entered the markets in unprecedented numbers—often through self-directed accounts at online brokers—drawn in part by reduced barriers to entry, such as low- and no-commission trading and the ability to purchase fractional shares. Increased retail market
Executive Summary
The purpose of this Election Notice is to notify FINRA small firm members of the distribution of ballots to elect one New York Region representative to the Small Firm Advisory Committee (SFAC). FINRA small firm members1 in the New York Region as of the close of business on Friday, October 21, 2022, are eligible to vote in these elections.
Ballots are due by Wednesday
The Treasury Aggregate Statistics provide trading volume in U.S. Treasury securities reported to TRACE for the prior week. The reports have been published since March 2020. On January 3, 2023, FINRA will enhance the reports as follows:
The weekly data reports will be replaced with daily and monthly reports. The last weekly report will be published on January 4, 2023 for the week
