Dear FINRA REGULATORS:
As a registered rep. for Hornblower & Weeks at 40 Wall, NYC, in 1960 and later at their uptown offices on Park Avenue at 50th, I became a devotee of Elliot Wave Theory and Edwards and Magee's Tech Stock studies. I had several times visited the packed, busy floor of the NY Stock Exchange on Broad Street, which today is virtually barren of human life.
I am writing to protest the planned FINRA regulatory notice #22-08 that would restrict my right to invest in leveraged and/or inverse ETF products. These types of investment products are not for everyone but they do serve an important role in hedging and investment strategies for experienced investors who understand and can managed the inherent risks. Furthermore, banning these investment
Dear FINRA, I am very concerned to learn about possible upcoming restrictions regarding my ability, as an independent small investor, to use complex investments such as leveraged and inverse ETFs. I am scared that these public investments will cease to be available to normal people like me and reserved only for a "privileged elite" of super-rich people and institutions to get richer. I
In the United States, each individual should and have the right to be responsible for ones own decisions regarding his/her own life matters, including ones assets and possessions. Everyone ought to be able to invest in all public securities, since they are to the public. Diversify ones portfolio is a balanced way to invest. Leveraged and inverse funds are part of the vehicles to diversity, which
In my opinion, investors should have the right to decide which public equities, bonds, ETF's and mutual funds they want to buy. The FINRA plan puts this right on the government and regulators, not us. This eliminates our right to decide what is best for me.
Although it is too early to tell, we might be experiencing a major shift in the markets. Let me explain. For the last 40 years
WASHINGTON—FINRA published today the 2025 FINRA Regulatory Oversight Report—a vital information resource comprising observations from across FINRA’s Member Supervision, Market Regulation and Enforcement programs that member firms can use throughout the year to strengthen their compliance programs. The report reflects FINRA’s commitment to providing transparency to member firms and the investing public about its regulatory observations and activities.
FINRA is issuing this Information Notice to inform members of a scheduled industry presentation by the Cross Market Regulation Working Group (CMRWG) and FINRA CAT regarding SRO regulation of Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) Compliance Rules and FINRA CAT’s role in CAT compliance.
Please see the attached ISG CMRWG Regulatory Notice 2020-02 that was issued by the participants of the ISG CMRWG.
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