Summary
FINRA is adding two new Rule 4530 Problem Codes related to SEC Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) and Form CRS, and making related amendments to the existing Rule 4530 Problem Code related to suitability. Starting on July 18, 2020, firms can use new Problem Code 16–Reg BI and new Problem Code 17–Form CRS, when applicable, to report customer complaint information and required documents
While I am not a financial professional, I have been managing my own investments for over 40 years. Studying the financial markets and the available instruments is something that I do on a regular basis. I fully understand the risks of leveraged and inverse funds and have successfully used these funds to help me meet my financial goals as part of diversified investment portfolio. I do not feel
While I agree there is increased risk to leveraged ETF's, I do not think they should be removed for investment by regulators. ETf's are a great way to make money in bear markets, and on certain sectors of the financial markets. I do believe in educating investors and warning them as much as possible about the increased risks and time decay of ETFs. Also any financial institution
FINRA Regulators,
I vehemently oppose limitations on my ability to buy or sell leveraged and inverse funds. You should not restrict or prohibit a private person's ability to invest and to make personal financial decisions.These funds help me hedge my investments against inflationary risks. I, not you sirs, should be able to make my own financial decisions. I do not interfere in your
FINRA’s Enforcement Department is conducting an inquiry with respect to forex trading.
I must begin by saying that to restrict the rights I have to do with my earned money as I see fit, under which the law allows, is inconceivable, immoral and wrong. There are only a few major needs that humans require for life and money is one of them. Financial security is another. To restrict me or any other retail investor, or uneducated person as the very idea of restricting my right to invest
The regulations are guaranteed to harm investors. Investors do not need protection from themselves. Investors who invest in “complex” financial instruments are individuals who understand the relationship between risk and reward. The proposed regulations will not deter individuals from making financially risky decisions. Instead, the regulations will encourage individuals to invest in riskier
To Whomever this concerns, Please institute rules that will help investors in the American marketplace have faith that the system is not corrupt, that there is a level playing field, and that the government works for the people and not just wealthy and well-connected institutions and individuals. In this modern "information" era, the disparity in the available information to retail
As I see it, the current US market is full of nothing but fraud and blatant manipulation, with regulatory agencies doing nothing to police it to the point of them being complicit in these actions as well. They are complicit through their complacency, with years of unchecked fraud and market manipulation in several ways. Naked short selling by large hedge funds like Citadel, point72 and Melvin
Leveraged ETFs have been an equalizer for my middle class family of 5. I wont use money on margin, and leveraged ETFs have allowed me to significantly increase our familys financial security into retirement. We are a young family as my wife and myself are under 40. We understand the risks, and have been able to utilize these financial instruments in a beneficial way that no other options can.
