I partially trade with a US broker in order to have more access and freedom in my choice of investment vehicles. Making 'complex' funds only freely accessible to the elite and exorbitantly rich (like in the EU), whilst creating more and more hoops for regular people, will only limit opportunities for regular smaller investors. I should have the freedom to do with my own money as I wish
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I am writing because I oppose the restrictions being sought on my right to invest or anyone's right to invest in any public investment funds as they are intended to be public. These funds should remain available to the public and not made restricted to the privileged. It is not difficult to understand public investment funds and their risks, such as with leveraged
Any proposal to limit an investors ability to purchase inverse funds would not be well received and obviously ill-timed given market conditions. Every investment contains risk and a regulatory authority should not posses the authority to restrict an investors ability to use products such as these that can actually mitigate risk in one's overall portfolio. If such rules are implemented,
FINRA has no business involving another governmental agency in the financial markets. Why dont you spend time stopping the big banks from spoofing silver and gold prices. Now that is a real problem you could solve. I minored in Economics in college and understand the risks of leverage and inverse funds. Im currently using these types of positions for downside protection. Its an integral part of
As a non-professional retail investor, I strongly oppose the restriction of availability of leveraged and inverse ETFs and other investment vehicles. The risks of trading such securities are already made very clear and are displayed on the order confirmation screen of single buy/sell order, at every major brokerage firm that sells these products. The reach of regulation should end there- with a
I strongly oppose restrictions on my right to invest in publicly traded securities, including leveraged instruments both bullish and bearish. I take the time to understand the risks of these funds, and limit my exposure accordingly.
Leveraged funds are an important part of my portfolio management. During adverse market conditions I use inverse funds for hedging; for multiple reasons I don&#
Dear Sirs,
I as an investor am against additional regulation concerning the leveraged and inversed leveraged funds. I use these types of important investments as part of my strategy to reduce market risk in my portfolio while using less investment to produce the intended results. I have the right to invest my money in investments that are right for my family's circumstances and to
Leveraged ETFs are not always more risky or complex than an individual company stock. Some companies have very complex operations or products that are harder to understand than a 2x ETF. The risk of a single company going to zero value is probably larger than the risk of an 2x stock index going to zero. The use of a leveraged ETF could be related to a need for liquidity, or be tax related. For
Mr. Chairman, there is no doubt financial fraud aimed at older Americans is real. Results from a recent FINRA survey confirm this disturbing fact.
