To whom it may concern, As a private individual investor, I am adamantly opposed to any regulation restricting our access to leveraged and inverse funds. We do not need, nor want, the oversight and binding of regulators to protect us from our investment decisions and choices. Regulators consistently allow unrestricted free-reign to the investment bankers and Wall Street cronies who have captured
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The NASD Board of Governors has approved and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to Schedule D of the By-Laws that increase the initial and continued inclusion criteria for securities traded in the
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On May 28, 1993, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to Part VI, Section 8 of Schedule D to the NASD® By-Laws that will assist members in meeting their obligations under SEC rules 10b-6 and 10b-6A. The amendments require that
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The NASD requests comments on proposed amendments to Article HI, Section 27 of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice that would (1) prescribe specific supervisory practices and procedures for all member firms and (2) revise the definitions of "office of supervisory jurisdiction" (OSJ)
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I am a retired citizen and an active private investor. I never had a job that provided me with a pension. I taught myself how to invest through trial and error. One of the great developments in investment products at the end of 1997 was that of ProFunds' making available inverse funds and leveraged funds. Both of these categories of mutual funds provided me more flexibility in how I
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I am writing to discuss the impact that limiting leveraged funds would have on me as a private investor. I, as a private investor, feel confidently that I have the knowledge and experience to make personal decisions of how I invest my own money. I do not feel that it is in the purview of regulators to make determinations as to where and how I am able to use money for long-term and
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