January 1999
Contingency Planning
Although most businesses are working diligently to ensure that their Year 2000-related issues will be resolved in time, everyone must anticipate that some things will be overlooked, ignored, or not completed on or before December 31, 1999. In addition, businesses must realize that there are things beyond their control that could impact various entities in 2000
An automatic retirement plan offers one or more features that require no action from you, the employee. The most common automatic feature is enrollment. These five tips can help you make the most of your company’s automatic features.
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
Existing Limited Representative Examinations
Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts
Direct Participation Programs
Municipal Securities
Option Securities*
Products Covered in Proposed Corporate Securities United Representative Examinations
Common and Preferred Stock
Corporate Debt Issues
Stock Rights and Warrants
Foreign Securities and
TO: All NASD Members and NASDAQ Subscribers
We are pleased to announce that the NASD is now offering a new NASDAQ data service. Subscribers to this service may receive copies of the Monthly Statistical Report (MSR) for all or a select group of NASDAQ issues on either an annual subscription or single-month order basis. Each MSR includes daily, weekly and monthly price, volume and market maker
Proposed Rule Change Relating to Test Results Information on the Content Outlines of FINRA Qualification Examinations
Here are my opinion:
1) Hurts Investors: It could potentially deny me the freedom to choose investments that could
help me achieve long-term financial security.
2) Is Arbitrary and Unworkable: FINRAs definition of complex products is so broad, arbitrary and vague that it could ensnare a vast number of commonly used public securities. Tests or criteria to determine investor understanding are
SEC Approval of FINRA Rule 4554 (Alternative Trading Systems—Recording and Reporting Requirements of Order and Execution Information for NMS Stocks)
The Market Access Rule topic of the 2024 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
I've traded stocks since 1999, and options since 2005. But I spent about 5 years or so learning about options before trading them in earnest. The problem is that nobody reads the fine print they end up sighing off on anyway. The reason is the Ts&Cs are too long and arduous. And they are too long and difficult to understand on purpose so people will give up and check off the
