This comment is to urgently oppose new regulations on so-called "complex products." As an investor with over a decade of experience, I am neither a professional, nor a novice. But the notion of regulating leveraged and inverse products is nonsensical. These products are far and away the easiest to understand of any ETFs/ETNs available to retail investors.
A "complex
I am a retail investor. I believe OTC options trades are a great systemic risk as they are not properly regulated. As FINRA is an SRO I believe it should be required that all OTC options chains be publicly disseminated in order for regulatory integrity and public trust to be maintained. In order to maintain competitiveness and not price smaller firms out of the market, FINRA should create a
Dear FINRA, As a US citizen and investor, I expect to be able to make my own decisions when it comes to my investing choices. Individuals should be able to choose from a variety of investments, including leveraged and inverse funds, in accordance with what is right for them in their own opinion. We are adults and can make our own informed decisions without having to jump through additional hoops
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FINRA requests comment on two proposed changes to the TRACE reporting rules that were recommended by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee. The proposed changes would require firms to: (1) identify corporate bond trades where the price of the trade is based on a spread to a benchmark Treasury security that was agreed upon earlier in the
FINRA 21-19 is a long overdue change. It is clear that there is a systematic flaw in the United States market that if continued, will lead to disaster. A large part of this issue is the outdated short interest reporting policy. While many of the policies mentioned in Regulatory Notice 21-19 address the general breadth of exploitable and ineffective reporting, they also leave significant specific
Very simply put, our founding fathers had a knowing. A conviction that there is but one truth. We must not deviate from the path set upon in regards to perpetuating our conviction of the self evident truth that "all men are created equal ".
Equality in creation that dictates fair access and complete freedom to invest in any public stock .
Far be it just that a man be
Dear FINRA, It has come to my attention that you are considering restrictive regulations on various final investment options that are currently offered for public investments. I am a small-time investor and do not have the same type of wealth that hedge fund and wealthy investors have so, I appreciate having the type of funds that are available today which offer various well-defined strategies.
I am vehemently opposed to regulators restricting my ability to invest in leveraged and inverse funds. I have been using such funds for close to two decades -- they are an essential part of my investing approach, allowing me to preserve capital in down markets by investing in leveraged funds using less cash for the same amount of "firepower." Restricting my ability to invest in
I have been investing in these types of securities for a very long time especially if closed end funds are included in the list, it has been well over 20 years and I already understand the risks and have ridden through the crash of 1987, the tech bubble, crash of 2008-2009, etc.
I think these types of investments (leveraged funds, etc.) should not be any more regulated than they currently are
