I understand with the influx of retail investors in the past couple years there is a need to help protect them from all of the complex investment options out there, however, restricting use is not the answer. It seems at every turn recently, the retail investor is used as the excuse for a problem that is caused by the major hedge fund and market makers. Retail traders do not have the ability to
I am opposed to the proposed rules adding restrictions on purchases of leveraged investment products for individual investors. Individual investors should have the ability to choose what strategies to utilize and the equities they purchase. Investing with leveraged and inverse ETFs provides me the ability to take advantage of market movement and sector activity without risk of concentrating into
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I have been an active trader for many years using Leveraged and Inverse (L&I) Funds fairly successfully. I understand their limitations and risks from various literature/warnings and from my own experience. I strongly suggest that investors and brokerage firms do not need additional regulations to effectively use L&I Funds. This would only make these
Hello, Regulators,
Nobody likes you. Many (fully) understand what you failingly attempt to do. Billionaires get full access to an American Dream, freedom to make money and upward mobility (they already have it.), while you (failingly) try to disenfranchise regular people those who can use it most. Free, and open markets mean free for all: Try focusing on frauds as stocks, frauds, Chinese A.D.R.
I have used leveraged and inverse ETFs regularly and profitably during the market correction of the last 6 months. If not for the profit that I have made by using these ETFs as a very effective hedging tool, the value of my stock portfolio would have plummeted by more than 30%. But with the use of these leveraged and/or inverse ETSs as hedges, the overall value of my portfolio has gone up, not
Dear FINRA rep,
Its about time that someone is finally addressing these horrible leveraged and inverse funds that ProShares offers to the public!
I have personally lost over $100,000 over the last 10 years. And I still have one that is down $85,000 in my stock account but just have not yet taken the losses yet. Every 2x or 3x fund eventually goes to zero and companies such as ProShares just does
It is my right to be able to purchase whatever financial assets I choose. My lack of money should not prevent me from participating in the same market as institutional investors. Institutional investors already face minimal regulation and are free to do whatever they would like, while retail investors are banned from day trading. Payment for order flow makes the issue even worse as only big
First of all, thank you for letting me know about this. I know enough about leveraged and inverse funds and am constantly dealing with their risks. And I am constantly striving to acquire for a lot of knowledge and information. Therefore, I oppose any restrictions or other testing measures on my investment rights. Currently, the leveraged stocks I focus on invest in because they are made up of
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I use the inverse leveraged products to hedge my risk. For example, I bought a share of Google upon the advice of a broker acquaintance. I was worried about the upcoming earnings report, but wanted to hold onto my stock for the split coming this Summer. So I bought an inverse leveraged product for a few days to lessen my risk during earnings season. I did have an issue with the ProShares UVXY ETF
