Comments: I find the recent discussions about leveraged funds silly. It's been discussed in detail on various online forums how leveraged funds are good for short term trading, and are also fine for long term investment *provided* the investor is sufficiently informed about the rules. See, for example, the famous "hedgefundie adventure." Yes, there is volatility drag,
1.Leveraged and inverse funds help common investors like an insurance by hedging, so it protects the investment made in the stocks.
2.Restrictions will limit number of investors and thus liquidity.
3. If liquidity/availability less - then brokerage fees will increase.
4.Common investors are aware about the leveraged investments.
5.If investors give details about bank balance, net worth details, a
SEC Approves Amendments Requiring Related Market Center Indicator in Non-Tape Reports Submitted to FINRA
I invested in crypto for my future retirement, as I couldnt afford to get into the stock market having always been a low income agricultural worker. I have been a hard working, taxpayer since the age of 16. I am 55 now and expect to have to work another 25 years and cant count on Social Security to be there at that time. I worked hard for the money I invested and cant afford to have it taken away
Regarding Robinhood: Users setup a cash account/non margin -> Robinhood then reports it as a margin account on all account statements. This is for *all* Robinhood accounts regardless of age. Per Robinhood pg. 17 of their TOS: “If I have a margin account, Robinhood is permitted to borrow a dividend paying stock in the normal course of business and, as a result, in such situations instead of
Our government should support a free market economy. To limit individual investors from inverse ETFs, is just another way to force American citizens into holding declining stocks (and losing money) while large investment firms make billions. I deserve the right to evaluate an investment, the risks, the rewards, and make a decision based on my research. Limiting the vehicles I have to generate
The investor should be responsible for making their investment decisions not some official. Leverage funds have great risk and thats a risk I am willing to take. All investments have risk, Enron collapsed, was a risk. A normal stock shows a miss on earnings and drops 30%, Netflix lost a small number of total customers and drops 40%. Can you protect all my investments, no, nor should you.
If the irresponsible can't blow their money on these, they'll find another way - penny stocks, get rich schemes, etc. However, the responsible have spent years researching and educating themselves to responsibly and intelligently incorporate these into their portfolios. If you take these away, the responsible will have to work harder and research more for other investment
The stock market will undergo a difficult period in the coming years. At times, it will be necessary for investors to buy protection to hedge against market declines. Regulations that prevent retail traders from hedging their investments through inverse funds will ensure that large institutional investors profit and protect their investments during market selloffs while retail investors will be
