Comments: Leveraged and inverse ETFs are nothing more than simplifying the complex and opaque world of derivatives. These products are easy to understand and offer individual investors the opportunity to easily access the benefits of options without the complexity of understanding option pricing, execution and termination. Actions to limit access to these products will do harm and offer no
Although I understand the intent to help prevent some investors from losing everything, but it is imperative that investors have options and choices. Levered funds enable an investor with high conviction about a direction and a sector to make outsized gains. If you take it away they will be forced to consider other alternatives. The last thing you want is a seriously uninformed investor
FINRA, taking such action by instructing ordinary investors that "we are not sufficiently sharp" to comprehend our investment portofolio, opportunities and our planning is a "bridge too far". FINRA, stay out, it is not needed and if this is part of the ESG movement, focus on yourselves. Let us be!! We are free to chose our own course and our own investment
As a retail investor I am very hesitant to invest anymore money into stocks when I'm seeing this blatant manipulation of the market by market makers and hedge funds. I feel like they're not going to act in good faith when doing so doesn't benefit them as much. We as investors need to see more than just fines imposed and some real solid action on combatting this behavior for a fair
please don’t close or restrict leveraged ETFs. Those are for many years and people made money. If you saw a risk on those you should take action when market was hot during November 2021. Retail investors like me lost money on stock market. If you close or restrict trading thess probably I will not get back my money. I think this is a regulatory scam. Request your kind consideration to have those
This is a free country, free to invest how ever we see fit. To have a special process is against the constitution. Just because the US market is about to face the largest collapse of its existence, doesn't mean you should be allowed to stop others from investing because you are going to lose your pants. You can't offer stocks when it benefits you, then take them away when it doesn'
So here is the deal. You guys allow Morgan Stanley to manipulate the gold and silver market for more than a decade, over and over again, with what amounts to a fine in which Morgan gets to keep 90% gains of the fraudulent actions. But when it comes to the common man you set up roadblocks to investments that only the corporations are permitted to take advantage of. Banks, large corporations,
I strongly oppose any action to regulate investment in complex instrument such as leveraged and inverse ETFs, ETNs, or options. As an American citizen, my right to make my own investment decisions and enjoy the benefits, or incur the consequences, is my constitutional right. I do not need someone, no matter their intent, deciding what I should invest in. Individual liberty, not control imposed by
I cannot get a handle on short interest and am hoping to get reports out faster, in addition the penalty for not reporting short position is not working. If a fund or person is underwater and would hurt to report their shorts they wont and do not and take the penalty as a slap on the wrist and ignore the law. I need more transparency in the market to feel a real trust and unless some action is
The FINRA Board of Governors will consider the following rulemaking items at its February 2015 meeting: BrokerCheck disclosure; Discretionary accounts and transactions; Regulatory Element continuing education; Sales of securities on military installations; and TRACE transaction reporting and historic data sets.
