CommenPlease don't limit retail usage of Leveraged and Inverse ETFs. They're actually easier to use than options/derivatives, and are incredibly useful tools for any active trader. You should not be limiting the average American's ability to build wealth in any way, as long as it doesn't cause harm to anyone else. Both of the brokerages I use have warnings for Leveraged and
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regarding the potential further restriction of leveraged ETFs : an investor does not him/herself borrow money to invest in a leveraged ETF, they simply buy it as they would any other security like a stock or bond. I personally invest in leveraged ETFs that track broad indices such as the S&P 500. Although these will be volatile, as they are levered, it is HIGHLY unlikely that they'd
Comments: As an RIA and CFP Professional with over two decades experience I can tell you that retail investors are far more experienced, savvy and informed than when I started in the business. Teenagers invest through their phones, something I never dreamed of at their age. The disclosure and consumer warnings required by leveraged products providers more than addresses the risks involved in
Dear Sirs, As a US citizen, I believe I have the right to choose my own investment for myself and my own family using any public investment vessels. This right should come with no further official regulation to decide if I am qualified in knowledge or risk taking since it's my own decision based on my own due diligence. In the past 20 years, Fed kept relaxing credits in order to save
FINRA announced today that it has fined Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC $1.6 million for the firm’s repeated failures to timely close out failed inter-dealer municipal securities transactions and to take prompt steps to obtain physical possession or control of municipal security positions that are short more than 30 calendar days, and related supervisory failures.
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Members are reminded that commission charges to customers in agency transactions are fully subject to all provisions of Article III, Section 4 of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice. As such, the NASD 5% Policy applies as equally to commissions on agency trades as it does to markups or
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On March 17, 1995, the NASD Board of Governors approved the issuance of a Notice to Members, soliciting comment on a proposal for comprehensive structural changes in The Nasdaq Stock Market™ through the
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As of July 28, 1992, the following 48 issues joined the Nasdaq National Market, bringing the total number of issues to 2,916:
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CTEC
Cholestech Corporation
6/26/92
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SBUX
Starbucks
