Please do not restrict my rights to choose what I invest in. Any publicly traded stock should be just that. Public. If I want to buy it I should not have to pass any kind of test. I am just as smart as any regulator and am able to make my own investing decisions.
There are plenty of warnings regarding the use of leverage with stock market investing. As a manager and individual investor, the disclosure and disclaimer hoops are already plentiful. This issue is less significant than the investor confusion created by dual licensing of brokers as RIA reps and Series 7 agents. The BIC rules didn't reduce the confusion.
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Money laundering is not a new issue for the securities industry. In fact, it has been listed in every FINRA annual regulatory priorities letter issued over the past 11 years. Many of the issues we've focused on over the years remain areas of focus in 2016. For example, we've addressed risk on many occasions. In 2009, we reminded firms to ensure
This is an overreach by regulatory powers.
As retail participants in the stock market, we are already having to compete with large institutions and automated algorithms.
Having ability to use inverse and leveraged instruments is one of the few ways we can level the playing field.
Please do not make these instruments inaccessible to ordinary people.
Short Interest reporting AND ENFORCEMENT needs to improved at multiple levels. No hedge fund or investor should be given an excuse to hide what they are doing or to delay reporting or masking it in creative work arounds. 21-19 is a vast improvement. As a retail trader for decades >40 years. It’s about time more reporting and penalties for institutions and investment funds are ratcheted up
Given the significant damage Short Interest can have on a smaller company, I am eager to have better reporting tools to help these smaller companies protect themselves from the aggressive larger players in the economy. Having bad data is the last help being given to these large hedgefunds, so we request frequent accurate data to better level the playing field for all investors rich or poor. The
The general public is already warned enough on leveraged ETFs that there is no reason for additional regulations and warnings for individual retail investors. They should be able to risk their hard earned money in ways they see fit for themselves. Individuals should have a right to use financial products they see fit to use in order to achieve their short term financial goals. Adding additional
As you prepare to invest, you'll need to assess your net worth. It's not hard: add up what you own and subtract what you owe. Creating a net worth statement, and updating it each year, will help you monitor your financial progress and meet financial goals. It will also enable you to calculate how much you have (or don't have) to invest.
The first step in this process is to
A big portion of my portfolio is leveraged index fund and I do not like it when the government tells me I cannot investment them. The alternative for me would be much riskier individual stocks. You want to prevent ppl from risky investments by forcing them to make even riskier investment?
The proposed rules will add more regulations that are not needed. As an individual investor I enjoy access to various products that can be used for any strategy I want to employ. Sometimes a strategy will involve a leveraged or inverse funds, sometimes it maybe about involving cryptocurrency, sometimes it is just about having access to a specific sector.
Before making any investment every
