Hello, and good day to you. This was a very involved read, and thanks to the hands that prepared it. I am a "retail investor", and I would just like to say, don't tell me how to spend my money under the guise of "offering protections to the less wealthy". Any regulations regarding "complex products" should deal solely with the broker of such products. If I'
Dear FINRA: I'm a long term buy & hold retail investor of leveraged exchange traded funds (ETFs.) I am a significant shareholder of ProShare's ETF "UPRO" at owning 0.01% of all outstanding shares, and of Direxion's "TMF" owning 0.07% of all outstanding shares. If you were to consider me an institution, I'd be rank #12 of ownership in terms of shares
Unless otherwise indicated, suspensions will begin with the opening of business on Monday April 15, 1996. The information relating to matters contained in this section is current as of April 5, 1996. Information received subsequent to April 5, 1996 is not reflected in this section.
Firm Expelled, Individuals Sanctioned
M. Rimson & Co. Inc. (New York, New York), Moshe Rimson (Registered
I apologize for the undoubtedly large number of submissions you are likely receiving from those simply looking to vent rather than actually comment on the specific matters in this notice. The scope of volume seen in trading is absolutely daunting, and I think the first question that should be asked regarding any information being collected is whether it is purely self-reported, or if there is
Updated: April 18, 2017
Good afternoon. Thank you, Merritt [Fox], for that kind introduction and for the invitation to speak with you this afternoon. It’s a pleasure to be with you today and to participate in this ambitious initiative to conduct a New Special Study of the securities markets.
As all of you know, the original Special Study was a defining event in the history of U.S.
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Members are reminded that commission charges to customers in agency transactions are fully subject to all provisions of Article III, Section 4 of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice. As such, the NASD 5% Policy applies as equally to commissions on agency trades as it does to markups or
December 1999
SEC—Year 2000 Recordkeeping Rule
Effective August 31, 1999, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted SEC Rule 17a-9T (the Rule) relative to Year 2000. The Rule, which was originally proposed in March 1999, is intended to assist broker/dealers, the SEC, self-regulatory organizations (SROs), and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) in identifying all
