For purposes of the Rule 6800 Series:(a) "Account Effective Date" means:(1) with regard to those circumstances in which an Industry Member has established a trading relationship with an institution but has not established an account with that institution:(A) when the trading relationship was established prior to commencement of Phase 2c or Phase 2d (as applicable depending on whether
THe I in IRA is my individual acct. I as an indivdual am responsible for my acct. This investments were ok while the market was going up. It should be ok for when the market stops declining and starts going up again after it hits a bottom. I am aware of the riskd and except the risk. I dont want someone to tell me how to invest.I plan on using the funds as to improve my investments when the
You seem to be planning to go far beyond any legitimate mandate. Your role should be to make sure investors are adequately informed of the risks of leverage . Make the management pepper their ads, reports etc with as many dire warnings as you like, but kindly allow investors to manage their own risk tolerance. Being a watchguard for investors is not the same as being our mommy.
Roger H. Kaye, MD
leveraged funds are a important hedge strategy in our investment planning with market volatility. Why regulators would want to restrict investment in these instruments makes no sense. This is just more restriction on our rights and is most likely unconstitutional, under the guise of government protection. Current warnings about investing are totally sufficient. Advice about investing using a
By limilting the investing power of the common individual you are creating a sense of dependancy and not offering a way to financial independance.
It is our hard earned money not YOURS and we should be able to invest it as WE deem necessary. BITO, is no exception. Investing in Crypto Currency funds allows freedom of diversification which is key to financial planning, to anyone who chooses to do
I fell that various Cryptocurrencies are understandable by me and may play a part in my future financial plans. I am a retired dentist who spends over six hours per work day studying various financial instruments. My total dollar value of all of my stock accounts is over $1,600,000. I believe that to limit my ability to trade in Cryptocurrencies puts me at a disadvantage compared to investors all
I oppose changing the current regulations regarding investment in leveraged funds.
Public investment should remain open to the public.
I am capable of making and accepting my investment choices without the need of special tests or permissions instituted by your agency.
Leverage funds play a key role in my portfolio and I am the one who makes these decisions. I dont desire or want changes made
Dear Regulators, Why are you planning to ban inverse and leveraged funds for ordinary investors? Should the ordinary Americans' money should be dumb money going only one way on a conveyer belt but the hedge fund and Wall Street can benefit from it? This is especially in contract to allowing Ponzi schemes like bitcoin to take retirement funds money. One must be either dishonest or
This webinar highlights FINRA Rule 6151 and provides a demonstration of the Rule 606(a) report submission process, a discussion of the rollout plan and credentialing, and a Q&A segment. The PowerPoint deck to the webinar can be found here.
November 1998
Mandatory Testing
On October 5, 1998, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) filed a proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would mandate Year 2000 testing for clearing firms, market makers, and government securities firms. The proposed rule also would strongly encourage testing between correspondent clearing firms and
