Proposed Rule Change to Adopt FINRA Rule 2081 (Prohibited Conditions Relating to Expungement of Customer Dispute Information)
The only way to have a trust worthy financial market is through transparency and having a better understanding of what short positions exist and the data involved with them only seems the logical answer. Currently it’s a portion of the market that seems shrouded in mystery. That doesn’t make me want to invest; if anything it has made me shy away.
How about you just make this a simple thing... Instead of financial institutions SELF-REPORTING their short positions, why not actually have a regulatory body go directly into their books, so they can properly extrapolate the information. This way you can monitor things like married puts/calls that create synthetic shorts, and be on top of them on a daily basis.
Data transparency is the hallmark of reliability, responsibility, and accountability. As such, all information about short sale positions, short interest, etc. should be publicly and freely available in real time immediately. Failing that, as soon as possible - which, given the electronic nature of these transactions, ought to be virtually immediately. Anything less increases corruption,
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Dear FINRA, Thank you in advance for hearing me out. I oppose regulation that would require testing, verification of net worth, broker approvals, paused trading periods, and other burdens that would inhibit my ability to control my investments and financial future. Hedge funds and inverse funds are an important part of my portfolio and allow me to protect my retirement portfolio. Additional
There are so many things wrong with this proposal:
-it discriminates against people based on income
-it's elitist
-it incorrectly assumes more financial education leads to better outcomes. Which is why the vast majority of investment firms under perform the market.
-unless this is announced to happen years ahead of time, it will cause people in these funds to be blind sided by the
