A segment of financial institutions, including broker-dealers, are actively experimenting with incorporating the metaverse and its immersive technologies.40 Metaverse technologies can include VR and AR, but these are not the only portals to the metaverse. Users can access virtual worlds through laptops, gaming consoles and phones.41Some firms indicated that they are examining how to leverage
I am a Financial Advisor with LPL Financial and have been in the business for over 30 years. I have been using Proshare inverse ETFs with client portfolios purely as a hedge in accordance to LPL firm guidelines and limitations. My clients are generally pre-retired or retired folks, none of whom one would categorize as super rich. I comply with firm requirements and limitations related to the
Here's the deal, the claim of attempting to protect retail investors is not what will actually happen with your purported outline. By limiting the scope of exposure to "complex products" and other ETPs you are actually suffocating the ability for retail investors to gain the same access to investment strategies which specifically can facilitate the ability limit risks at the cost
Hello,
As an active investor, recently retired, my family and I depend on intelligent use of leveraged ETFs to grow and sustain our portfolio.
I oppose any restrictions on retail investors to use leveraged, inverse or volatility index related ETFs.
These leveraged ETFs are simply a reasonably straight forward alternative investment, which generally consists of options contracts related
From cryptocurrency to NFTs and other options beyond your 401(k), choosing the right investments to meet your financial goals can feel overwhelming.
Investment accounts are those that hold stocks, bonds, funds and other securities, as well as cash. A key difference between an investment account and a bank account is that the value of assets in an investment account fluctuates and can, in fact, decline.
FINRA’s Board of Governors met on September 13-14 in Philadelphia. In addition to continuing discussions around FINRA’s Regulatory Operations, the Board reaffirmed FINRA’s Financial Guiding Principles.
Hi,
I would like to express my opinions on Regulatory Notice #22-08:
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How do members categorize products as complex? Have firms implemented categories or tiers of complex products and, if so, how have firms determined such tiers? What types of products have recently been introduced that should be viewed as complex? Does our description of characteristics that render a product complex continue
FINRA's Membership Application Program serves as the entry point to FINRA membership for firms that meet 14 different standards for admission. On this episode, we hear how the group ensures members and would-be members adhere to these standards to safeguard the integrity of the market and ensure Americans can invest with confidence.
On April 24, 2000, NASD Regulation issued an new interpretation under NASD Rule 2110, Standards of Commercial Honor and Principles of Trade, to require a member that provides a written confirmation for a transaction involving callable common stock to disclose on the confirmation that the security is callable and that the customer may wish to contact the member for more information regarding the
