1) What is the single most neglected area in the field of investor education? How might this area be developed? ANSWER: While the barrier of entry to investment markets is lower than ever with online low cost trading platforms, etc. - the technical knowledge required to make informed corporate investment decisions, creates a huge barrier to the average investor. A single most neglected area is
WASHINGTON - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Investor Education Foundation and the National Football League (NFL) announced today that they are working together to assist incoming NFL players spot and avoid investment fraud and begin their playing experiences by making informed financial decisions.
SEC Approves Amendments to FINRA Rules Regarding Temporary and Permanent Cease and Desist Orders
NASD Rules 6950-6957 (OATS)
1. The most neglected field in investor education is equity market manipulation. New retail investors should be informed about perpetual option fail-to-delivers, married-puts, shorting via exchange-traded-funds, off-exchange trading and selling synthetic shares to manipulate a stock's price. 2. From a retail investor's perspective: An open forum where individual users can share investor
Gen X is often called the Forgotten Generation given how often they’re overlooked in favor of conversation around boomers, millennials or now even Gen Z. But on this episode, Gen X is the one in the spotlight as we dig into the financial health of those born between 1965 and 1980 and, importantly, their perception of their financial well-being.
The bipartisan bill, Investment Adviser Oversight Act of 2012, introduced today is an important and thoughtful effort to address a serious gap in investor protection.
Securities Industry/Regulatory Council on Continuing Education Issues Firm Element Advisory Update
I notice you are welcoming comments on regulatory notice 21-19 regarding short positions. In my opinion, the current US financial system is highly fraudulent, with the regulatory agencies being complicit. They are complicit by complacency, with years of unchecked fraud and market manipulation through naked short selling by large hedge funds like Citadel and Susquehanna being allowed to happen
-Enhanced Failure to Delivery, Failure to Settle, Market Buy Ins, Market Lock Ins and FINRA to Publicly report these in a timely manner in .csv format on their website. The only data currently available is "Failures to Deliver" which is only 1 of several metrics. Retail and others would greatly benefit from the transparency added by simply providing this additional information about
