FINRA administrator: I am writing to urge you to not infringe on my ability to direct my own investments, particularly regarding inverse or so-called "bear" funds. We have governmental bodies and procedures in place to determine if a person is mentally fit to manage their own affairs. Barring a determination that I am unfit to do so, I should have every right to invest my assets in the
Leveraged funds are important to my overall investing strategy. I understand the risks of investing in them and use them as part of a broader portfolio of investments to enhance my returns. In my opinion, leveraged etfs provide a MUCH safer alternative to many other common methods of increasing returns such as margin, options and investing in penny stocks. It would be unfair and unjust for
I resent that a government agency wants to take my right to choose what I wish to invest in. This is not (yet) a socialist country. Why do you think the people of this country are not smart enough to decide for themselves if an investment is right for them? Investing in a varied selection of assets is a way to PROTECT ourselves (portfolio) from certain types of market moves. Why should we be
Dear FINRA,
Leveraged ETFs are a relatively new entrants into the stock market, with the first fund being introduced in 2006. These ETFs give retail investors easy access to leverage that does not subject them to margin calls, or expire worthless like an option. Another innovation made possible by Leveraged ETFs, are inverse strategies. By providing investors with the ability to hedge their
Sirs, As a 35+ year registered Democrat I have come to realize my choice of parties has become nothing more than the nanny state writ large. My god, how stupid do you think people are, that they can't decide for themselves to invest/speculate/gamble in whatever they want, without YOU, unelected and overpaid officious elitists, telling us you're here to protect us from ourselves. I am
I believe that people should have the right to make mistakes, no matter how stupid. I don't believe any government should interfere with that right, absent fraud. As long as the information is readily available to make informed investment decisions, it's the individual's right to make decisions. People who buy these products are typically more sophisticated than those buying
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As of November 28, 1994, the following 37 issues joined the Nasdaq National Market®, bringing the total number of issues to 3,739:
Symbol
Company
Entry Date
SOES Execution Level
CVTI
Covenant Transport, Inc. (Cl A)
10/28/94
500
LION
Fidelity Southern Corp.
10/31/94
200
BUMM
B.U.M. International, Inc.
TO: All NASD Members and NASDAQ Subscribers
The Securities and Exchange Commission has recently authorized the expansion of the number of securities eligible for trading by our members through the linkage between the Intermarket Trading System (ITS) and the Computer Assisted Execution System (CAES). This linkage was mandated by the Commission in its order dated April 21, 1981, the first phase of
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On June 30, 1988, the maximum Small Order Execution System (SOES) order size for all Nasdaq National Market System (Nasdaq/NMS) securities was established as follows:
A 1,000-share maximum order size was applied to those Nasdaq/NMS
This proposed update to the outside business activities disclosure requirement sounds great! The existing rules force financial institutions to overstep monitoring of employees' personal lives. For example, someone who has a hobby of buying Chuck E. Cheese tokens in bulk and then re-selling them on eBay to collectors should not need to disclose this activity to their employer.
