Why should the government be my baby sitter and control my financial status in life. I take the chances financially but now they want money to qualify me if I dont give them money and spend more money to be qualified. See the logic in this. If I go broke its my money, see that logic. My money leave me alone
This is an unconscionable intrusion into my financial life. How dare you assume I'm too stupid to understand or that I don't know how to manage my own money.
If there is something innately wrong with these financial instruments, then outlaw them for everyone. Otherwise, if they're legal instruments, it's my business and mine alone whether or not to invest in
Limiting access to complex financial instruments makes dangerous assumptions about the general intelligence of the American public. And unlike licensing and restrictions for automobiles or firearms, uneducated decisions regarding financial tools can only hurt the investor themselves. It is not the government's job to protect us from every bad decision we could theoretically make.
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"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
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to amend FINRA Rule 6897(b) (CAT Cost Recovery Fees) to implement a historical Consolidated Audit Trail (“CAT”) recovery assessment designed to permit FINRA to recoup its contributions to recoverable historical costs of the National Market System Plan Governing the Consolidated Audit Trail incurred prior to January 1, 2022.
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Ms. Jennifer Piorko Mitchell Office of theCorporate Secretary FINRA1700 K StreetWashington, DC 20006Re: Request for Comment on Regulatory Notice 25-05Dear Ms. Mitchell,As an owner of a Registered Investment Advisory (RIA) firm having registered representatives at a member firm that is independent and not affiliated in any manner with my RIA firm, I strongly object to the newly proposed Rule 3290
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Effective February 27, 2023, the Section 31 fee rate applicable to specified securities transactions on the exchanges and in the over-the-counter markets will decrease from its current rate of $22.90 per million dollars in transactions to a new rate of $8.00 per million dollars in transactions.
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Individual investors deserve the ability to manage their own risk and make their own investment decisions. It is preposterous to suggest that there are any real systemic threats to the financial system arising from these funds. If institutions can regularly take on risks that actually affect the broader financial system then individuals should be able to take risks that largely only impact
