Neutral Corner - February 2008
Precious metals IRA frauds frequently target older workers and retirees because they typically have more money saved in their qualified retirement accounts than younger people. Before you consider rolling over your retirement plan to a gold or silver IRA, here are 10 questions you should ask.
Representatives of broker-dealers, investment advisers or issuers of securities must use the Form U4 (Uniform Application for Securities Industry Registration or Transfer) to be registered with the appropriate jurisdictions and/or self-regulatory organizations (SROs). FINRA, other SROs and jurisdictions use the Form U4 to elicit employment history, disciplinary and other information about individuals to register them.
Market makers and Hedge funds have turned the stock market into a casino. The practice of short selling and even worse naked short selling are nothing short of criminal. Allowing these firms to manipulate the price of shares at will, in dark pools, without any threat of consequences is reprehensible. How the SEC continues to allow this practice shines light on their impotence and questions the
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
LAST DATE FOR COMMENT: MARCH 31, 1988.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NASD requests comments on proposed amendments to the NASD Rules of Fair Practice that would generally prohibit members from accepting non-cash sales compensation in connection with the distribution of investment company and variable contract products.
The purpose of the amendments is to
<p>Electronic Batch Approval of New Customer Accounts.</p>
Sec. 11.5 (a) The Board may make such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with law, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, or these By-Laws, concerning the issuance, transfer, and registration of shares of capital stock of FINRA Regulation. The Board may appoint, or authorize any principal officer to appoint, one or more transfer agents or one or more
(a) When a member has actual notice that a FINRA employee has a financial interest in, or controls trading in, an account, the member shall promptly obtain and implement an instruction from the employee directing the member to provide duplicate account statements to FINRA.
(b) Members shall not directly or indirectly make any loan of money or securities to any FINRA employee. However,
(a) Members must implement policies and procedures that reasonably avoid displaying, or engaging in a pattern or practice of displaying, locking or crossing quotations in any OTC Equity Security.
(b) For purposes of this Rule, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) The term "crossing quotation" shall mean the display of a bid for an OTC Equity Security at a price that is
(a) Calendar Day
In the Rule 9000 Series, "day" means calendar day.
(b) Formula
In computing any period of time, the day of the act, event, or default from which the period of time designated in the Code begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday, in which event the
