As a not-for-profit, self-regulatory organization (SRO) with an 85-year history, FINRA pursues its mission of promoting investor protection and ensuring market integrity in many ways
As a good father would not neglect nor punish the reservations and protective nature of his childs small, worthless, yet invaluable collection of odd, incongruent, and disassociated toysneither should a person in financial authority govern over those with less money, less experience, less intelligence, or be given the power to reign over them with unwelcome, hostile regulation and impingement
This is about my choice to invest the way I want to.
I've been managing my own investments since 2005. I know what risks I can take.
I use leverage in my current investments. Margin trading, currencies, options, ETF's, etc.
I have a very good broker that acts like a filter when I make an investment. We discuss ideas, my investing rules and the risks in the investment before
I was Chairman of a Panel. At the Pretrial Hearing Claimant asked for an an Expedited Hearing as his client was elderly and ill. The attorneys had first been asked if the Panel , as constituted was satisfactory and t]both counsel agreed it was. The panel requested an expedited hearing and Respondent counsel advised they were too busy and not available. As Chairman i advised that an expedited
FINRA and other government regulators should never consider limiting regular people's right to invest their wealth in whatever way we see fit. All these regulations just keep people from being able to invest at full capacity and prevent them from making money. People should educate themselves about ETF's and leveraged funds but can use them successfully as I do to hedge in a
It may be deemed conduct inconsistent with just and equitable principles of trade and a violation of Rule 2010 for a member or a person associated with a member to:
(a) fail to submit a dispute for arbitration under the Code as required by the Code;
(b) fail to comply with any injunctive order issued pursuant to the Code;
(c) fail to appear or to produce any document in his
It may be deemed conduct inconsistent with just and equitable principles of trade and a violation of Rule 2010 for a member or a person associated with a member to:
(a) fail to submit a dispute for arbitration under the Code as required by the Code;
(b) fail to comply with any injunctive order issued pursuant to the Code;
(c) fail to appear or to produce any document in his possession or
Executive Summary
The purpose of this Election Notice is to notify firms of the upcoming elections to fill vacancies on the FINRA Regional Committees, and the mailing of ballots to eligible firms.
As detailed below, the following seats are contested:
Midwest Region Committee, District 4 representative
Midwest Region Committee, District 8 representative
North Region Committee, District 9
I oppose the proposed rule regarding increased restrictions on trading certain funds / securities. I, and other members of the public, am capable of making investment decisions and can suitably analyze the benefits / drawbacks to various investments. Taking risks is a fundamental part of the human experience, and placing further limits on the kinds of people who can trade certain products will
I am an individual investor who utilizes leveraged ETFs to get leverage with investing. For the small portion of my portfolio that I dedicate to leveraged ETFs, they are an excellent source of taking on a little more risk with a small amount of capital. As long as people are aware of the potential risks with leveraged ETFs like huge drawdowns and fund closures, I think there shouldn't be
