To whom it may concern, As a retail investor and American citizen with rights, I synthesize with all other retail investors and institutions who want nothing other than a fair and equal stock market. A stock market that is free and clear of any and all manipulation. We have been the "small guy" for so long without a fair shot in being able to generate wealth, growth, and practice for
Dear Sirs: I am writing to express my opinion that existing investor access to leveraged ETFs should be maintained. These investments are straightforward (leverage 1X, 2X, 3X, etc.) and every investor must understand that risk is inherent with these investments. As with any other investment. I consider leveraged ETFs to be much less risky than US traded Chinese stocks. The Chinese Variable
I oppose any restrictions on the ability to freely trade any public commodity. I oppose any trade restriction on any commodity simply because they are leveraged, or reverse leveraged. I trade in these stocks almost daily and they make up a significant portion of my portfolio. A private investor should not have to jump through bureaucratic hoops in order to freely exercise their right to
I feel my investment choices are my own, and not the regulators. I have successfully invested in stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Stock Options, and Leveraged Securities for more than 30 years.
Even though people may see leveraged stocks as risks. In reality, when trading them for the long run they are actually very safe investments. There is no reason to restrict access to these stocks
TLDR. I got an idea, instead of pretending the stock market is not a casino under house rules FINRA should explain the house rules in a 1 page document that everyone can read. The rules should include which parties can naked short sale with ridiculous margin on which stocks, which stocks will permanently cyclically fail to deliver and why, and why the DTCC has an obligation warehouse that the
Daily short reporting. None of this every 15 days. Also eliminate this T+2 reporting nonsense so others can naked short in the days between. No more illegal malarky. How about any purchased stocks (which can be used now for short ladder attacks) are forced towards covering shorts? Until all shorts are covered by short seller... all purchased stocks can't be sold, they have to be routed to
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The 1996-97 NASD broker/dealer and agent registration renewal cycle begins in early November. This program simplifies the registration renewal process through the payment of one invoiced amount that will include fees for NASD® personnel assessments, NASD branch-office fees, and American Stock Exchange (ASE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), New York Stock Exchange (NYSE
When reporting short interest can be skewed through a loophole, this needs to be addressed. When short sale restrictions are enacted as a safety for a volatile stock, but overridden through a mysterious, unregulated exchange: this needs to be addressed. When asset managing/ trading firms have access to order flow prior to retail investors, and can systematically alter a stocks natural and organic
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted seven rules ("Rules") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requiring broker/dealers engaging in certain recommended
