TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
The National Association of Securities Dealers ("Association" or "NASD") is publishing for comment by members and all other interested persons a proposed rule which would establish new requirements for the private securities transactions of persons associated with member firms. The rule would replace in its entirety the
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Customers give registered representatives authority to act on their behalf when they provide authorization to engage in discretionary trading or permit registered representatives to act as trustees or co-
As a self advised , private investor I should not have any restrictions placed upon what I can choose t invest in for myself and my family. I shouldn't have to go through any special process like passing a test before you can invest in public securities, including cryptocurrency funds such as BITO. I fully understand cryptocurrency funds such as BITO and their risks. These investments
Dear Sirs,
As owner of leveraged and inverse funds I am opposed to any legislation or regulation of these funds owned by private investors. I believe I should be the one to be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family. These investment should be available to the public without any restrictions such as passing an imposed test of my specialized investment knowledge
I should be able to choose what is right for me as an adult. FINRA can give guidance but shouldn't block instruments arbitarily. Even private equity investors go horribly wrong so having large portfolio is no gaurantee for sane investment. People like me from middle class rely on long term compunding of leveraged instruments for a sizeable retirement fund. for example there are a whole
Guidance regarding use of related performance information in sales material for private equity funds.
"Protecting us from ourselves" -- i.e., barring us from choosing to take a on position of high risk and high reward -- has no place in America, especially in an area so obviously volatile as the equity markets. Existing regulations well protect us citizens from being duped. Adding regulations to try to protect us from financial losses is a patronizing fool's errand, which will only
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I oppose government restrictions to my right to invest in things such as inverse ETFs. They are public investments and should remain fully accessible to the public without government restrictions. I feel totally informed and safe in making this kind of investment decision and have been doing so for some time. So long as risks are spelled out for the investor they are suitable for any private
