As a “retail investor”, which is a term I hate, the actions of Wall Street “professionals” over the past 6 months or longer has been eye opening to say the least. As a 43 year old man with a Bachelors degree in finance, who has taken classes on investing, stocks, mutual funds, options, bonds, and various other securities I always knew that I wanted a professional to manage my portfolio and 401k
Financial regulation primary purpose is to both create a fair marketplace and create a public perception of a fair marketplace. To do this, financial regulation should work to eliminate uncertainty in the exchange process and work to eliminate volatility not due the fundamentals of the company who stock is being traded. While there are valid reasons for companies and individuals to short stocks,
In regards to notice 21-19, I feel any and all available information regarding short interest and shares affected be open and publicly available information, ideally on a daily basis. We have the means to update this information in a real time way and thus should do so for all shareholders. The stock market has a lot of untrusting investors currently due to the way hedge funds have handled their
Board Appoints Lisa Fairfax as New Public Governor, Approves 2022 Annual Financial Report and Adds New Members to Advisory Committees
WASHINGTON—FINRA's Board of Governors met on May 17-18 for the second time in 2023. During the meeting, the Board appointed a new public governor, approved FINRA’s 2022 Annual Financial Report and added new members to Advisory Committees.
The Board appointed
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I am John Gannon, Senior Vice President for Investor Education with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA. On behalf of FINRA, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to testify today.
Please allow my research and judgement to decide the best investment vehicles for my money. All tools require effort and time to learn. None are more complex than others. ETPs like Inverse ETF funds go the opposite direction of a benchmark. How is this difficult to understand? In fact, in my ROTH IRA this is the safest means to hedge against the market going lower. I don't want to
