What good purpose is achieved by such restrictions? An important negative of such restriction will be reduced volume and open interest in such investments, making them even risker for those still permitted to invest. Expert investment knowledge and skill does not insure successful investment. The market itself is the best instructor for all investors. Let the best teacher instruct.
FINRA Announces Updates of the Interpretations of Financial and Operational Rules
This conference comes at an important time, in the aftermath of a very difficult period. If we look back to the summer and fall of 2008, every time we thought conditions in the financial sector couldn't get worse, they did, and we ultimately came to the brink of a global market meltdown.
Thank you, Steve [Freedman] for that introduction. And thank you to Fordham's College of Business Administration for organizing this conference and inviting me to speak. I'd like to acknowledge a good friend, John Tognino, who I know is a highly valued member of the Fordham community.
If the State doesn’t take responsibility when banks loose their money why should it be concerned with Crypto in the name of public interest . It appears that the only reason why State is trying to stifle crypto is because it wants to continue to enjoy its complete freedom of money printing and inflation manipulation.
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Having used these products for a very long time, i would make the following observations:
* these instruments fix leverage as opposed to variable leverage provided on margin by brokerages. individual investors are smart enough to adjust their own leverage accordingly.
* the cost of borrowing implicit in leverage funds will often be better than the margin charged to individual investors by their
To FINRA,
The United States has always thrived as a free economy, and if many of these complex products are made unavailable to the lower net worth or individuals not formally educated, it will only hurt the little man. How is a person who cant even make it past the $25,000 limit on day trading supposed to effectively hedge without using leveraged products or options? It is my personal opinion
I see restricting access to the different types of investment products as overbearing and manipulative of market forces.
The use of inverse and leverage funds are an important market access for all people in the country, for a variety of purposes. They should not be a core part of a portfolio, but do serve a place in building a well-balanced financial plan.
For example, if I am looking to
