In fact, there's a rule, FINRA, which licenses stockbrokers, tells their people, you must not sell dividends; they're referring to a bad practice that some unscrupulous stockbrokers occasionally do.

事实上有个规定,给证券商颁发牌照的FINRA,规定从业人员说,股利不能做卖点来推销,这里提到了一个不好的现象,某些证券商的无良手段

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So, for example, FINRA, which used to be called The National Association for Security Dealers, is a membership organization of people in the financial community and it imposes rules on its members.

比如说FINRA,以前被称为,全美证券商协会,这是金融界的一个会员组织,负责给协会成员,订立制度

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