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I fully support this proposed rule change and additional rule regarding short position reporting. Additional rules to protect investors, especially retail investors, should be explored on this topic as well as other issues such as order flow prioritization, block share lending, and ability to dictate exchanges for orders to be sent to. How is it possible for >50% of the daily trading
Dear Madam, Sir:
I am writing concerning possible restrictions that may be applied to certain securities like leveraged or inverse funds.
I am a private, non-professional investor, but do my homework on stocks. Especially in the last few years, leveraged and inverse ETFs have been an important part of my investment strategy. While they represent a lower percentage of my investment funds, they
I'm contacting you to oppose the potential additional regulation applied to certain "complex" investments.
First, what I choose to invest in, public or private securities or other instruments, is my sovereign choice. I educated myself on e.g. leveraged and inverse funds, and have an understanding in how they work and their risk/benefit equation as it applies to me.
Dear FINRA, I oppose this legislation because you are instituting more constraints on my freedom to manage my investments as I see fit. We already must review and sign documents from our broker informing us of the risks and potential losses on all leveraged investments before we can purchase those investments. In fact, I had to state my investment objectives were "most aggressive" to
FINRA’s Membership Application Program Group (MAP) serves as the entry point to the securities industry by ensuring that prospective and current FINRA members meet FINRA’s Standards for Admission (Standards). Prospective FINRA members must seek approval for membership through the submission of a New Member Application (NMA). Existing FINRA members must file a continuing membership
Continuing Education Planning
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The prevalence of cybersecurity incidents continues to increase at FINRA member firms. As a result of the continued proliferation of cybercrime, the Cyber and Analytics Unit (CAU) within FINRA’s Member Supervision program is issuing this advisory to highlight effective practices and considerations for member firms when responding to cyber incidents, including the benefits of voluntarily reporting information related to the incident to various entities.
