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Senior Management
Advertising
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Insurance
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TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
Following is a list of NASD Notices to Members issued during the third quarter of 1983. Requests for copies of any notice should be accompanied by a self-addressed label and may be directed to: NASD Administrative Services, 1735 K Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20006.
Notice Number
Date
Topic
83-31
July 7, 1983
Adoption of Revised and
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Senior Management
Corporate Finance
Institutional
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Systems
Trading
As of February 23, 1995, the following 41 issues joined the Nasdaq National Market, bringing the total number of issues to 3,742:
Symbol
Company
Entry Date
SOES Execution Level
ATVI
Activision, Inc.
1/27/95
200
DZTK
Daisytek International
Exchange traded notes play a vital role in the democratization of the public markets. They provide retail investors with vehicles to gain access to asset classes otherwise not availible to them. These products are central to my investment strategy, and I believe the proposed regulations would restrict my rights as an investor. I respectfully ask regulators not to impose these restrictions.
Please do not limit/restrict my ability to invest in leveraged / inverse funds. They are an important part of my family's broader asset allocation strategy and restricting their usage would hamper our ability to meet our investment goals and objectives. This should be a decision made by my family, not the government. Thank you for your consideration.
I would like you to leave leveraged ETFs alone. I should be able to choose to have a risky security in my portfolio. At WORST, I would be willing to accept a qualification process based on risk tolerance, but not amount of income or assets, or experience. I,e a poor but educated and informed aggressive investor should not be prohibited.
Thank you
Why should an investor use Leveraged Funds? 1) Better Outcomes: Yale professors did a study on the use of leverage on retirement investing from 1871-2004 (1): “By employing leverage to gain more exposure to stocks when young, individuals can achieve better diversification across time. Using stock data going back to 1871, we show that buying stock on margin when young combined with more
SUGGESTED ROUTING*
Internal Audit
Operations
Systems
Trading
*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
As of January 11, 1990, the following 18 issues joined NASDAQ/NMS, bringing the total number of issues to 2,694:
Symbol
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Revision to Net Capital Treatment of Clearing Agreement Penalty Clauses
