I am against regulators limiting investors from trading leveraged and inverse funds. They provide me a useful way of hedging so I don't have to sell portions of my portfolio that have tax consequences. These funds also provide additional liquidity to markets allowing them to function. These types of funds are easy to understand so the public should not have to be accredited or pass any test
It is important to have inverse investments as they can be used in the market place to mitigate downside in long positions, thus making it possible for me to avoid trading my long positions. A regulator has no ability to perceive my need to take such mitigating positions, and it is offensive to be told that such an ability. Simply stated, public investments should be available to ALL members of
This report illustrates capped average size trading volumes in corporate, agency and structured products reported for the prior month. Volume cap is the amount of tax-exempt financing available for certain types of private companies or developers in a calendar year. A project must obtain an award of volume cap before it can have tax-exempt bonds issued. Learn more about corporate, agency and
Every single share should only exist once, we have the technology to do that. But until that happens I want to see a record of all shares, bought and sold, and for what price, at the end of the day. Period. No matter if they happened traded in a dark pool or your your mom's basement using an app to transfer ownership. I WANT TO KNOW THIS INFO, BECAUSE THATS WHAT THE STOCK MARKET IS SUPPOSED
Please investigate the dark pools it seems they’re not being utilized for the reasons they were initially put into place. Instead it appears to be a tool to manipulate volume and share price. FTDs need to be enforced without loopholes to wiggle through. Naked shorting has to be investigated! SSRs need to be also be strictly enforced. All in all, investors want trading to be a fair process for all
Regulatory Notice 21-19; I have watched the stock that I am invested in get shorted into the ground, manipulated through short ladder attacks and dark pool trading. If I am to maintain any faith at all in the integrity of the North American stock market system, it can only happen if Citadel Securities is called to report their short position and other requested information per the Regulatory
FINRA has updated the Alternative Display Facility (ADF) User Guide and ADF FIX Specification for Trade Reporting to now include the Members Exchange (MEMX).
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The Anti-Money Laundering section of the 2022 Report on FINRA’s Risk Monitoring and Examination Activities (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) relevant regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) exam findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
FINRA has taken disciplinary actions against the following firms and individuals for violations of FINRA rules; federal securities laws, rules and regulations; and the rules of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB).
