I think retail is extremely desirous of seeing more frequent reporting and as much of that made publicly available as possible. At least of a weekly or bi-weekly basis. I believe the currently attempted short squeeze is bring to light that lack of transparency is being used to commit fraud and establish predatory roles against companies. The conduct of these financial professionals qualifies as
Get rid of all the T-delay non-sense. We are in a digital era, any delays are beneficial to only the larger institutions. They have to file to make it known when they take a bullish position. Why not when they take a short one? Our system is corrupt, please do what you can to fix this clear advantage for them. I should know where institutions stand for or against any stock I own in real time.
For some of us who are young and do not have the financial means to invest meaningfully in the stock market, it is imperative to have access to leverage to smooth out the amount of investable assets throughout our lifetime. If, for example, a recession were to occur shortly before my retirement, when my earnings potential is highest and I likely have the most amount of money invested, I would be
regarding the potential further restriction of leveraged ETFs : an investor does not him/herself borrow money to invest in a leveraged ETF, they simply buy it as they would any other security like a stock or bond. I personally invest in leveraged ETFs that track broad indices such as the S&P 500. Although these will be volatile, as they are levered, it is HIGHLY unlikely that they'd
Investors make decisions based on rules and laws provided. All participants in the stock market should be held accountable for the same rules and laws. As of right now there are millions and millions of retail investors who are expecting rules to be followed by short positions, and regulating agencies, and are suffering consequences because they are so clearly and blatantly cheating the rules. If
It would be perilous to impose further checks that can be arbitrarily initialized by brokers with an existing conflict of interest via execution of Dark pools or naked shorting. With the flux of retail investors and the massive flux of public man-hours allocated to investigation of the current regulatory systems. Even with tepid limitations on tort in Canada; The existing premium paid for latency
Please do NOT restrict my ability to trade leveraged and/or inverse funds. Inverse funds, particularly, are a way for small investors to protect themselves against market declines. Most of us can't afford to short stocks or Index funds, so inverse funds are the only way to profit in a down market. Taking away that option is a terrible idea. In addition, leveraged funds are a great help for
I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family. Leveraged and inverse funds are important to our investment strategies. Leveraged etfs will run well with enhanced return if the trend is up whereas inverse ETFs help to protect our investments during market correction and downtrend. Hence, public investments, especially hedging, should be available to all of
Short selling is legal, fair, and a proper tool to use in the markets to bring down the price of an over-valued security. Why does it feel like institutions have so much power over retail? Why does it feel like I am going up against massive opponents that refuse to lose? Why do they get away with criminal activity to avoid billions in losses to only pay regulators millions in fines? It's
I understand the value of short selling. I understand it is a mechanism to root out unsavory characters that may be using subversive tactics to artificially prop up a stock/ security, however I do not understand why, in 2021 we as retail investors do not have access to the same information at the same time as institutional investors? how is that a free market? again its 2021 and we have internet
