FINRA would like to remind member firms of their obligation to file the appropriate FOCUS reports, short interest reports, annual audits and customer complaints by their due dates. The following schedule outlines due dates for 2008. Questions regarding the information to be filed can be directed to the appropriate District Office.
I should be able to choose the public
investments that are right for me and for my family.
Public investments should be available to all of the
public, not just the privileged.
I shouldn't have to go through any special process
like passing a test before I can invest in public securities,
like leveraged and inverse funds. I am capable of
understanding leveraged
Filing Due Dates For Web-Based FOCUS, Annual Audits, Customer Complaint Information, And Short Interest Reporting
NASD is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") a proposed rule change to extend retroactively to December 16, 2006, and prospectively through December 15, 2007, the pilot effectiveness of Rule 5100 (Short Sale Rule). NASD is also seeking to extend the pilot effectiveness of the penny ($0.01) legal short sale standard contained in
It is nakedly clear that the only group you stand to protect is the establishment who have a vested interest in the traditional financial markets going up and to the right indefinitely. However, as the government inflates away the value of our savings the only people who stand to gain from impending crashes are the already wealthy. Your arbitrary barriers are clearly designed to favor the wealthy
When large investors can break the law and set up naked shorts,it's not only wrong and immoral but it shows the system can easily be manipulated by powerful corrupt hedge funds and allows them to ignore any steps the rule makers such as yourselves make,which then shows that they have you in their pockets and any fines are clearly not making any different. As one of millions of retail
The NASD, through its wholly owned subsidiary, NASD Regulation, Inc., has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to Rules 2520 and 2522 that will revise the margin requirements to: (1) expand the types of short options positions that would be considered "covered" in a cash account, specifically, certain short positions that are components of limited risk spread strategies, provided
GUIDANCE
Short Sales
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Internal Audit
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Senior Management
Trading
Bona Fide Market Making
Short Sales
Rule 5100
IM-5100
Executive Summary
Rule 5100 generally prohibits a member from effecting short sales
in NASDAQ Global Market (NGM) securities1 otherwise than on an
exchange for a customer account, or the
It is very easy for me to watch a "market maker" or Hedge fund manipulate a stock price to they're benefit by dumping "naked shorts..which are already "illegal" on stocks these funds hold positions in..They problem is is there is o penalties..They are committing fraud and if I did the same thing I would be put in prison..The fines imposed even of 70 million dollars
GUIDANCE
Short Sales
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Internal Audit
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Registered Representatives
Senior Management
Systems
Trading
Training
Rule 5100
Short Sales
Executive Summary
On October 2, 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) approved an exemption to NASD Rule 5100 (Short Sale Rule)
for securities included in the NASDAQ-100
