Stop the regulatory overreach! This proposal will prevent private investors from making informed decisions about how they want to spend their own money. Your ludicrous, vague and just plain stupid proposal will hurt me from selling investments I have already made! Just STOP IT.
I use my leveraged funds to hedge various positions. they are useful for reducing the amount of funds necessary for taking a position.
I feel your rules may limit my access to these useful tools.
My brokerage houses provide extensive information and they outline the risks and of these products.
Robert Pallaron
Comments: A custodian of private individual accounts should provide a disclaimer when L&I funds are purchased. It should detail the risks and advise that it is not a long-term holding. No one should be restricted from purchasing these products. An informed individual should scale his or her risk tolerance before purchase.
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In the fourth quarter of every year, the Securities Industry/Regulatory Council on Continuing Education (Council) publishes the annual Firm Element Advisory (FEA). The Council is now updating the FEA in
(a) For purposes of this Rule, the term "security future" shall have the definition specified in Section 3(a)(55) of the Exchange Act.
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(A) Applicability — This Rule shall be applicable to the trading of security futures.
(B) Subparagraph (15) shall apply only to security futures carried in securities accounts
Comments:Please allow an individual to make his or her own choices. The risk I take are mine, and mine alone. I rely on the SEC to keep thing honest, and to make sure people are informed. I have gained a great deal by employing higher risk index funds, and wish to continue. Thanks
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Firm Also Failed to Maintain Supervisory System, Report Customer Complaints
WASHINGTON—FINRA announced today that it has fined Webull Financial LLC $3 million for not exercising reasonable due diligence before it approved customers for options trading; not maintaining a supervisory system reasonably designed to identify and respond to customer complaints; and not reporting certain written
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