Dont do this. Regulation has its place and is critical for truthful reporting and legitimacy of entities but this goes too far. It is not the place of government agencies to decide what the public can or cannot invest in. The United States financial system is not perfect but this is a solution to problem no one has asked to be fixed. Our capital markets offer tremendous opportunity to everyone
I have been trading in inverse funds for many years. They are an important part of my portfolio. They can counter the downturns and bring a sense of balance to the financial markets. They reflect the TRUTH of poorly performing entities. Unfortunately, corporate buy backs and short squeezes are the real villains affecting true market valuations, not leveraged and inverse funds. It would be a
Another invasion of Americans personal freedom. Leveraged and inverse funds are publicly traded and have been approved
for the public to trade. I understand the risks and have an understanding of these entities. There is no need to impose any kind of regulations or added requirements to any tools I use in my investment strategies.
How about the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority employees
Self reporting of short interest needs to stop, that is like someone self-reporting what crimes they commit and not having a background check. Short interest needs to be reported immediately through automated means (mandatory monitoring software controlled by a regulatory agency) and made available to the public immediately within an hour. If the software stops it should automatically stop all
Comments:Limiting access to leveraged ETFs is the same as making it available only to an elite class or group.
Warning investors or traders of the higher risks of investing in or trading such ETFs could be sufficient and the way to go.
If someone is educated or trained or capable enough of investing in or trading the markets and of utilizing a trading platform, that person or entity is capable
I, not regulators or anyone else should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family. It's my money and I and only I should decide what I can pursue with it. Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the already rich or privileged. With every trade there is an inherent risk and this should be decided by me, not someone or some
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to amend FINRA Rules 0180, 4120, 4210, 4220, 4240 and 9610 to clarify the application of its rules to security-based swaps (“SBS”) following the SEC’s completion of its rulemaking regarding SBS dealers (“SBSDs”) and major SBS participants (“
The reporting requirements of short interest and short positions has long been due for reform. Running rampant in the market has been illegal market manipulation of stock prices utilizing failures of short reporting, specifically regarding short-exempt shares, naked short-selling, short positions being reported as long positions, hiding failure-to-delivers inside of far out-of-the-money puts/
I would like to speak for all retail investors when I say the underhanded ways corporations are given to manipulate a stock are abhorrent. A pure disregard for what an "Open market" should be. I feel the only way the playing field can be leveled is to make all information available to us, and for entities such as yourselves to police matters harder with stiffer penalties. This is the
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The U.S. government has imposed sanctions in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine. FINRA is issuing this Notice to provide member firms with information about these recent actions. FINRA encourages member firms to continue to monitor the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) website for relevant information.
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