I completely disagree that regulators should be able to own the right to deny me the ability to use leveraged and inverse funds. I've been trading with these instruments for a decade and they have preserve my capital, and grown my net worth. Without these instruments, I'd be in trouble. These are very important particularly in the market we are in now when I can hedge my
The Tenor of these regulations suggest an attempted manipulation of the market, as for example to always be long and not go short, manipulation more than protection of investors, which is intended purpose of the regulation I presume.
Secondly, to assume that a 2X leveraged investment is too complicated for the average investor to understand is an incomprehensible stand. Is a 2% yield on a
Dear sirs and/or madams:
I am opposed to regulatory restrictions on the purchase of leveraged and/or inverse ETF's and other similar products. Leveraged and most certainly inverse ETF's afford the average investor types of protections to the value of investments not otherwise available. Regulations currently restrict 401Ks from shorting equities. The average 401K investor has no
FINRA Committee: As a working class, Army veteran, society isn't the kindest when it comes to financial growth. Having the ability to invest in leveraged and inverse funds such as UltraPro and UltraPro Short ETF's; gives the average person the same opportunities as folks like yourselves seeking to restrict with arbitrary "poor people" laws. Regulations always favor the wealthy
The government has no reasonable grounds to take this action to decrease the tools available to the average investor for the purposes of 'protecting them' from being able to make their own choices. Inverse and leveraged etfs are specialized and risky tools that nonetheless can be used productively by a skilled retail trader, and more to the point, it should be an individual
Comments: I have a strong understanding of the characteristics and risks of leveraged investments. I understand this should be monitored regularly, and that they are for short-term trading. My brokerage limits access to the types of trade that I can engage in; for example, I am not allowed to short sell calls or puts, strategies which can be extremely safe or strategies which can be extremely
I find the use of leveraged and inverse funds invaluable in hedging my investment portfolio and prefer using them instead of shorting equities. Investors should be offered this opportunity. I understand the increased risk associated with using leveraged instruments, and I manage the amount utilized commensurate with that risk. They also offer diversification for risk management in the various
So as we all know regular investors would like to have a fiat play on the market. Reporting more accurate short interest and positions would help us control the unlawful actions that have been hurting market for years. The people the use those techniques to make more money they would be stoped. I am AMC share holder and I want my voice to be hard we want equality we need to start making that
FINRA, I am just a small retail investor that is quickly losing faith in a fair and transparent marketplace. I would like more frequent public reporting of short positions and more detail in public reports to begin with. Can you help restore faith in the "retail investor" community by requiring extreme transparency at all levels? We need a fair and unbiased referee, without that, I will
We need more transparency in the market. We, as retail investors are kept in the dark when it comes to the "free market" while hedge funds blatantly manipulate positions using illegal trading activity. The SEC and all the regulators need to enforce the new laws that have been put into place and quit letting manipulation happen why they take handouts from these financial crooks. So in
