It is your duty to know your risk when you make an investment. The investor needs to be provided with the benefit of doubt that sufficient due diligence is completed, before the investment is made. Opportunity and risk must go hand in hand. The risk in opening a business is significantly greater than these investments and anyone can open a business with minimal restrictions. A person opening
The Crowdfunding Offerings: Broker-Dealers and Funding Portals 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.
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
SUMMARY
Recently, in response to a request by the Association, the staff of the SEC's Division of Market Regulation issued a no-action letter concerning 17 C.F.R. 240.15c3-l (the "net capital rule") and 17 C.F.R. 240.15c3-3 (the "customer protection rule"). The letter provides, until December 31, 1983, a temporary
I understand the intention of three day trades per week was to reduce the risk and losses incurred. Over the years, it seems to have actually exposed traders to more risk. Allowing no more than three round trip trades in five business days has created a burden on traders as well as brokerage firms. Traders who wish to trade in small amounts to build capital typically do not have access to the
As an individual investor who has managed my own assets for decades, I protest any regulations which will inhibit my investment choices. You must be aware that the stock markets are manipulated from many directions--to the disadvantage of the individual investor. Thus the Buffet advice of just buy SPY and ride it out. However, some of us do notice and invest in trends with special
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I think that leveraged ETFs are of no use to anybody except for the people behind them. In addition to managing client assets for an RIA, I teach how to trade options and always tell my students to avoid leveraged ETFs like the plague. Most retail clients dont bother reading the prospectus to know that these are for day trading only or understand the slippage inherently built in to all
I understand with the influx of retail investors in the past couple years there is a need to help protect them from all of the complex investment options out there, however, restricting use is not the answer. It seems at every turn recently, the retail investor is used as the excuse for a problem that is caused by the major hedge fund and market makers. Retail traders do not have the ability to
The ability to freely access leveraged and inverse investment products allows even the small investor both opportunity and protection from market volatility. True, there are some who use these freedoms unwisely, but that is true of anything. Existing safeguards and regulations, in my opinion, are sufficient for the majority of investors, and risk and foolish choices will never be squeezed from
Investing on any asset class should be a personal decision. Those investors that do our due diligence to educate ourselves before investing and that may not be considered 'high net worth' should be able to have the same opportunities than 'high net worth' companies and individuals. I understand the risks and time decay of leverage investments and do not need to
I am a small investor who needs the opportunity to prevent losses due to changes in the stock market. Taking away ability to protect my assets will severely impact my ablity to support myself and my family. Public investments, such as the ones FINRA is proposing to impose special requirements on, should be available to all Americans and not for just the privileged. The proposed changes to #S7-24-
