Inverse funds serve an essential purpose as a hedge against severe market downturns. During the 2008-2009 crisis I lamented the fact that absolutely NOTHING in my investment portfolio increased in value. I urgently sought funds from other sources so as to be able to scoop up bargain stocks in which to invest at rock-bottom prices. After this debacle, I decided that it would be prudent to invest a
Its should not be up to scrupulous Washington Bureaucrats to decide what I can and cant invest in. It should be up to to those who purchase and sell public securities. I have done research into every security that I have purchase and have kept prospectuses of each one. I have also read literature regarding investing.
This feels like a way for government to pick and choose which stocks are
I oppose the restrictions on the public to invest in leveraged and inverse funds. I believe every type of investment was created to meet some need of the public, and they should be made available to everyone. Losing free access to financial tools such as leveraged and inverse funds will shut more doors to the poor and make the rich richer. As long as people are able to get disclosures about the
Leverage ETF provides mechanism for individual investor like me who has access to limited capital but still can make significant more money.
Investor are very much aware of that these are riskier Bets so are options, equity market as well where NVDA, AMD, FB, NFLX, RIVN, SQ, SHOP, SOFI stocks can loose 50% to 80% value within a span of 12 months. It is up to individual investor's wisdom
To FINRA proposed regulation 22-08: sirs, I am an individual investor and have managed my own investments since I was 18. I am now 69 and invest in stocks, bonds, REITS, Options, and direct investments. I invest in opportunities that are publicly available and make my own evaluations. Restricting these investments by regulating hoops for me to jump through does not protect me, it just discourages
We absolutely need more transparency in the market. As more and more retail investors are joining the market, many of them are learning that they don't have access to the same information or ability to perform actions within the market that some of the huge institutions and market makers do. Naked shorting, dark pool trading, payment for order flow, etc. are all things that when examined at
Comments: I strongly feel that the proposal to limit access to Inverse and leveraged ETFs is ill advised. The investors (like me) who understand how these ETFs work and understand the risk, should be allowed to invest and benefit. Personally I review my investments on daily basis. The risk of investing in certain volatile individual stocks is lot more than investing Inverse and leveraged ETFs.
A reasonable review of an investors competence could provide value for these leveraged products. However, having invested for twenty years on my own, I will say there's less knowledge required and less risk in these products than individual options. Similar to leveraged products, individual stock options can also be used as a hedge or to provide higher growth potential, however, they take
Transparency, accountability and a fair market for all investors. This is what retail investors want. -Frequency in reporting should absolutely be on a daily basis. This should be public information. Not a “pay to play” basis. Companies who profit from hiding this information and selling it, only add to the unfair market advantage faced by retail traders. They will need to adjust their profit
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In light of the dramatic increase in the use of the Internet for communication between broker/dealers and their customers, NASD Regulation, Inc. (NASD Regulation) is issuing a Policy
