The current downturn in the stock market has hurt many investors. When bond yields were at historic lows in the past year, I continued purchases of 2x inverse 20 and 10 year treasury bond etf's, until they became 20% of my portfolio. This was my hedge against inflationary pressures, because higher p/e ratios cannot be maintained when bond yields rise. My 2X inverse bond holdings have now
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Short interest should have 100% reporting daily. T+2 gives an unfair advantage to hedge funds. There also needs to be transparency with synthetic shorts. They do exist and its also an unfair practice. Fines should exceed the amount of fraud or manipulation. Small slaps on the wrist do absolutely nothing. A 10 million dollar fine on manipulation that made a financial institution 80 million dollars
As someone who works in the film industry, particularly movie advertisement, it's crucial to my career, as well as the many others in my industry that theater companies are free to pursue their clearest path towards profit without external interference from market manipulation. Naked shorting is a direct threat to the entire industry and our jobs. Please consider implementing enforceable
I feel my investment choices are my own, and not the regulators. I have successfully invested in stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Stock Options, and Leveraged Securities for more than 30 years.
Even though people may see leveraged stocks as risks. In reality, when trading them for the long run they are actually very safe investments. There is no reason to restrict access to these stocks
I am very strongly in support of strict regulations that require the reporting of synthetic short positions. Daily reports of such positions and all other short positions should be required. Fail to delivers in particular need much more regulation. In my opinion FINRA should place regulating FTDs as priority one. More frequent reporting, and shorter time to release FTDs to the public, as
In a fair and free market there should be absolute transparency. The number of shares shorted should be available in real time during trading hours. No more dark pool trading. Every single share sold should be reported and able to be located at any time. Market manipulation is rampant and hurting retail investors. Get rid of algo trading back and forth. Naked shorting and FTDs should carry
Leveraged and inverse funds should be able to be traded by anyone. Its my money and it is my choice on how to spend it. Individuals have the right to spend money and invest how they please. Yes, there could be risks involved but that is my choice. Every investment involves some sort of risk, even the top tech stocks, some of which have declined roughly 80% since their high a year ago. How can an
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