Yes, we know, the price of gold is kept artificially low by ponzi-scheming central bankers, who conspired with the CME to cost Hugo Chavez $1.2 billion today. And yes, we know that Finra is a fairly industry-friendly regulator of Wall Street banks that have a vested interest in keeping up the paper-asset bubble. Still, you may want to hear them out when they tell you that not everyone on the other side of the trade has your best interests at heart:
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According to the complaint, McCrudden noted on his website, which has since been scrubbed, “There are no good ways to execute this plan. These people have got to go! And I need your help, there are just too many for me alone [.]” (He also provided a list of the people he intended to cross off, including Mary Schapiro, Richard Ketchum and Gary Gensler, among many others.
FINRA Actually Pretty Understanding When It Comes To Brokers Ripping Off The Elderly In Order To Pay For Strippers
By Bess LevinThis is just an FYI for anyone doing some risk/reward analysis re: whether or not freeing up the funds to buy unlimited lap dances by screwing clients is worth it– much to the chagrin of one Bloomberg columnist, you’re really just looking at a relative slap on the wrist. Continue reading »
It seems small retail investors are still a glutton for punishment. A number of retail investors learned a harsh lesson last year when the convertible feature of their reverse convertible bonds kicked in and their high yielding bonds morphed into rapidly sinking equities. There are certain varieties of structured products that retail investors can take issue with because they weren’t fully aware of a seemingly minor structural mechanic that came back to bite them. This isn’t one of them. Even by retail investor standards, the key mechanic, the knock-in level, is spelled out clearly.
We suspect that when Harry Markopolis called FINRA “corrupt,” he at least seems to have hit the nail on the head:
Two employees of Allen Stanford’s financial business, which U.S. regulators have accused of massive fraud, held advisory roles at a watchdog group overseeing U.S. broker-dealers aimed at preventing abuses.
Lena Stinson, director of global compliance at Stanford Financial Group, is listed as serving on the membership committee of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, which describes itself as the largest independent regulator of U.S. securities firms.
Frederick Fram, the chief operating officer of Stanford Group Holdings, serves on the FINRA continuing education content committee, “where he participates in creating material for the Regulatory Element continuing education program,” according to a biography on Stanford’s website.
Entertaining. Of course, don’t forget:
On Tuesday, FINRA named Richard Ketchum as its chief executive officer. He replaces Mary Schapiro, who resigned after she was confirmed as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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