We should have a free choice to invest inside a regulated universe. A basket of leveraged fund is not different than a stock with high beta as both could react to volatile market conditions. Oftentimes, it is better due to some diversification benefits which is not available on a stock , which are spurred by speculative positions. Inverse leverage funds offer cheaper alternative than options to
During the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis, inverse funds saved my retirement. I also have occasionally used leveraged funds because of a 24-hr shortage of "settled" funds. I do not want or need the protection afforded by the proposed measures. The Fed has routinely created bubbles in various asset classes, incentivizing investors to use leveraged long funds as the bubble expands.
I should be able to decide what the right investment is for me and my family. Levered and Inverse funds are safer than the alternative. The alternative is to short, use margin, use futures, or use calls and puts. All of which can wipe out your entire capital. Levered and inverse levered products offer an amazing alternative to less sophisticated investors. They're definitely more volatile,
SQQQ is a protection for stock account, if forbidden to treat, there is no way for individual stock holders to protect their account other then by options, which is very risk. I do hope FINRA can reconsider the deletion of SQQQ. Thank you!
Our free enterprise system opens and allows of many income levels to opportunity to invest the market system ,national,global, to set regulations is to dampen the freedom to choose the best viable stock option, secure or insecure stocks.
I would like to comment on the Short Interest Position Reporting Enhancement. I do agree synthetic short positions should be reported. There should definitely be a TSO and Public float report, and it's almost sad that there isn't one already. The reports should come out daily. There's no reason why firms can have super computers doing High Fequency Trading but not have the
We need more accountability for short positions in the market. There is far too much collusion and conflicts of interest that are not good for our markets/economy as a whole. I hope FINRA is able to provide more accountability by passing more rules for institutions, hedge funds and big players as a whole. All information regarding our markets should be public knowledge. Short positions, volumes,
The Trusted Contact Persons topic of the 2024 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
Short interest reporting by all of these entities should have complete transparency. Failures to report on possible FTD’s, never delivering those shares or marking short positions as long should result in repercussions equal to the actions. Small fines or as they can be referred “the cost of doing business” for some of these funds or entities are unacceptable. Reporting should be even more
I do not want to see companies fined for breaking rules and laws. For instance, if a company is found to be naked shorting, it should be forced to close all short positions immediately. Failure to do so should result in prison time for senior staff. If I counterfeit a dollar I go to prison. The same should apply if I counterfeit a share. If law enforcement took a cut of my counterfeit dollar,
