Exchange-traded products (ETPs) including exchange-traded funds (ETFs), exchange-traded notes (ETNs), and commodity and currency ETPs have surged in popularity over the last decade. Risks vary for each product, with some types of ETPs exposing investors to both complexity and significant danger of losses. Volatility-linked ETPs are one such example.
In a free market people are allowed to short the market. Inverse ETFs are a much-needed product for people who don't want to use margin and don't want to short and want to leave it to the professionals to short. Free markets go up and down and any investor or Trader should have the ability to buy and sell based on technical analysis. To disallow inverse and triple inverse ETFs
Leveraged index funds are similar to buying individual stock in terms of risk. If leveraged index funds are taken away, then investing in individual stocks should be as well. Members of the public do not have to go through any special procedures to buy publicly traded stock, nor should they have to for leveraged index funds.
I would like to see the following metric: total # of all short positions open by any company / # shares issued by company. This includes activity in dark pools. This must be reported hourly. This is the only way to ensure naked shorting is not occuring.
Transparency in the market, I request more frequent public reporting of short positions and more detail in public reports. Frequent monitoring of naked shorting especially from Citadel who is a Market Maker and Hedge fund which is a conflict of interest.
t+14 is unacceptable for FTD's it needs to be reduced to t+2 along with daily short reporting. along with shares being trackable and prime brokerages not being allowed to give out short bets x10 the shares they have in their possession.
It's not fair. I, as a retail investor, am scared to put money in the market. Fear of the big corrupt organizations like Citadel are probably why people are putting more money into homes and things. All of my friends don't trust the market either. We've all been hurt. The only way to not get hurt is to buy something you trust and leave it long term. These short sellers manipulate
Retirement income management is all about making sure your retirement savings provide enough income for your needs, and that you don’t outlive your assets. This starts with setting up and managing a portfolio that's right for you.
I'm writing to request more transparency, fairness and accountability in our financial markets, as all of us rely on our regulatory entities for that assurance. There are some things that are of particular interest to me: 1. Transparency of Buy/Sell orders in the market as a whole, including but not limited to OTC/ATS off market trading. 2. Information market makers have when it comes to
ENFORCE YOUR RULES. These rules don't mean anything if they're not enforced. And I'm not talking about giving Robinhood a 70m lawsuit, that's just the cost of doing business. The penalties need to be crippling to ensure that the rules are followed. Reduce the reporting period to daily. We live in the digital age, there is absolutely NO reason that this information isn't
