NASD Regulation Reminds Members To Develop Year 2000 Plans
NASD Regulation, Inc., urges National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) members to develop and implement an action plan to ensure and achieve Year 2000 compliance. The scope of Year 2000 plans should extend to all information technology systems (internal and external) used to conduct a securities business and other
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to adopt temporary Supplementary Material .17 (Temporary Relief to Allow Remote Inspections for Calendar Year 2020 and Calendar Year 2021) under FINRA Rule 3110 (Supervision) to provide member firms the option, subject to specified
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to temporarily amend FINRA Rules 1015, 9261, 9524 and 9830 to grant FINRA’s Office of Hearing Officers (“OHO”) and the National Adjudicatory Council (“NAC”) authority to conduct hearings in connection with appeals of Membership Application
Limited use of leveraged and leveraged inverse ETFs serve an important part of our family's investment portfolio; the risks associated with these products -- the impact of volatility on returns, tracking errors associated with holding leveraged ETPs longer than 1 day, etc. are *very* clearly spelled out in each ETP's prospectus, with most going so far as to provide tables to
As an individual investor I consider
leveraged and inverse investment funds very useful to manage risk in my overall investment portfolio. They represent a minority but important percentage of my overall portfolio and are utilized to help offset and mitigate risk in my more Substantial longer term positions on a short term basis, avoiding disruptive transactions in my long term holdings.
I am
I strongly oppose the upcoming regulations on certain types of funds that would exclude the public from access to these investments in their portfolios. Every citizen should be allowed to decide what they choose to invest in, and not be subject to limits based on overall net worth or formal investment education and approval by individual brokers. Now more than ever, investing has become
To Whom It May Concern [FINRA Regulators] -
I am the personal investment manager of my retirement accounts for the benefit of myself and family. Over the last decade, I have consistently outperformed professional fund managers.
As a knowledgeable, experienced, and self-reliant investor, I feel I have the right to manage my own investments in public companies that are appropriate for myself and
I am an individual retail investor and my family relies on proceeds from my investment activities for consistent monthly income. We are now fully retired.
We frequently rely on inverse and leveraged trading vehicles (ETF's), in limited appropriate amounts, to help meet monthly income targets. These short-term tools are absolutely critical to our monthly returns, as well as for our
This attack on the individual investor seems to occur anytime the stock markets drop 10% or more. It seems FINRA looks for a scape goat and acts out to attack us by trying to destroy opportunity and product selection. They don't seem to understand the true reason why the stock market so elevated and due for a greater fall. The Federal Reserve illegally violated the Federal Reserve Act,
I find it odd that FINRA would require individuals to possess a net worth of greater than 1.000.000 dollars or an income of over 200.000 a year in order to invest in leveraged ETFs. This effort blatantly furthers the financial disparity in the United States unequally allowing privileged individuals to create larger pools of wealth. No correlation exists between a persons competency and the size
