My name is YuMing To. I am writing to oppose limitations on my investments. I am a knowledgeable investor who actively manage my investment portfolio prudently. I assess risk carefully and do the investment based on my risk tolerance. I should have the freedom to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family in order to achieve long-term financial security. Leveraged and
The Neutral Corner—Volume 4, 2020
Mission Statement
Year End Message
Court Upholds Panel’s Authority to Order a Virtual Arbitration Hearing (by Brianna Akerley, Case Administrator, FINRA Dispute Resolution Services, Midwest Region)
Virtual Arbitration: Best Practices for COVID Times and Beyond (by Dan Zailskas, Case Administrator, FINRA Dispute Resolution Services, Southeast Region)
FINRA
To whom it may concern,
FINRA has proposed a raft of potential restrictions on so-called "complex" investment products, among them leveraged and inverse funds. Whereas some of the proposed restrictions are at least somewhat reasonable, like passing some sort of rudimentary test to ensure the investor is aware of what the product is, others are downright outrageous, such as not
The Fractional Shares: Reporting and Order Handling section of the 2023 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
To the fine folks at FINRA and the SEC -
Enough is enough. Over the years your efforts to protect investors from predatory industry practices have been nothing but stellar. But at some point in the last 20 years or so, you have jumped the proverbial shark. I have watched as the requirements for disclosure, for the tiny-print that extends to infinity (and beyond), all part of a steady yet woefully
Dear Sirs: I am providing the following information in response to the possibility that FINRA is apparently in the process of promulgating restrictions that may cause severe harm to my ability to take advantage of the current system that allows investment in public securities and ETFs. As such, my ability to provide financial support to myself, my wife, and my immediate family may be destroyed
The Neutral Corner - Volume 2—2023
Beginning Thursday, June 1, 2017, Luminex (MPID:LMNX) will become a Trade Reporting Only (TRO) participant on the FINRA Alternative Display Facility (ADF).
Please contact FINRA Business Services at (866) 953-4672 if you have questions about this notice.
FINRA Recommends Review of Municipal Securities Activities
I'm a retail investor, of the style that invests my meager retirement in ETFs and other low-risk vehicles. I've recently become more interested in managing my own IRA and such, in part due to the fervor surrounding GME and other tremendously short sold stocks. This interest let me to reading extensively about short interest, reporting, FTDs, and the options techniques used to "hide
