Predatory naked short selling is the bane of healthy markets in this age. The tricks these funds use to hide these positions are unacceptable and frankly just plain cheating. SI reports are basically useless as all a company need do is simply report false data and pay a measly fine. There are too many holes in this ship and it is quickly filling with water. FINRA is largely toothless to stop this
I would like to see something done about the dark pool trading and the lack of reporting that comes from trading outside of the markets. Manipulation by routing buy orders into darkpool trading and leaving sells in the market to manipulate the price while also using the dark pools to ladder attack with synthetic shares which don't get reported needs to end. Hiding short sells in options is
(a) No member shall execute or cause to be executed or participate in an account for which there are executed purchases of any NMS stock as defined in Rule 600(b) of SEC Regulation NMS ("designated security") at successively higher prices, or sales of any such security at successively lower prices, for the purpose of creating or inducing a false, misleading or artificial appearance of
(a) Normal Ex-Interest DatesAll transactions, except "cash" transactions, in bonds or similar evidences of indebtedness which are traded "flat" shall be "ex-interest" as prescribed by the following provisions:(1) On the record date if the record date falls on a business day.(2) On the first business day preceding the record date if the record date falls on a day
Dear FINRA Regulators,
I am a small investor who took an interest in ETF investments back in 2008, when a severe drop in the market had affected a great many people. At that time I reasoned that having the ability to engage the market in both directions, UP or DOWN, would be a critical component of my investment strategy. Since then I have employed both conservative and less risk-adverse
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I oppose restrictions on the right to invest in public investments. Please let me choose the public investments that are right for me and my family. Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged few. I understand the risks and complete loss of principal of these investments. I shouldn't have to go through any special process like passing a test before I
I don't feel the government should be putting restrictions on my right to invest in common public investments. I understand that all investments have some inherit risk and the leveraged funds can be much more risky. I should not have to take a test or prove my net worth in order to be able to take part in these public funds. All of these funds release a prospectus that help investors
I am a retail investor who enjoys testing and using various stock picking strategies for a part of my portfolio. I don't have any professional training in the workings of the stock market. However, I was a math major in college and a computer scientist by trade. I think I know enough to understand the basic concept of a leveraged ETF and/or inverse ETFs. I also use an analytical
I (not regulators) know my financial situation, investment time horizon, and how I want to structure my portfolio to meet my financial goals. I should be able to choose investments that are right for me and my family without government interference.
Leveraged funds are an important component of how my portfolio is structured, and I shouldn't have to go through any special process like
