There are many securities that are highly volatile. People legally invest in penny stocks and crypto currency. Why were these ETFs singled out? They serve a real purpose. I have used them personally to address or hedge broad market positions and commodity positions. I think it is up to the investor and their advisors to select appropriate investments.
I suspect more harm has been done to
Citizens must be allowed to invest in any form of Investment that they want. Citizens must be able to determine if they can afford to lose or gain on investments. The government is essentially a partner in the form of taxes levied. If there are any gains, it is a win win situation for the government to not get in the way of this relative new form of investing. I haven't lost any money in
This should not be decided by regulators. This should be a freedom decided by the investor whose money is at risk. Should penny stocks, crypto and other equally risky assets be banned as well? Should investors not have the right to buy or sell assets during certain market conditions that regulars deem unsafe for the investor? No, these are decisions for those with assets who have decided to take
My name is Brian and I am a retail investor. I do not have a background in finance or economics and I do not have any SEC certifications. I have 3 trading accounts; a joint brokerage, an individual brokerage and an IRA. The combined balance of these accounts is about $300K. I am in my 40s and no longer hold my corporate job. I am self-employed and chose to invest my own retirement and cash/margin
While I am not 100% opposed to new regulation on these complex products, I do want to caution that this could cause unintended consequences. For example, if I could not access leverage through options or through leveraged ETP's, both of my brokers currently charge me 8% or more on margin interest.
How does this help me to pay over 7% more than the Fed Funds rate? It helps and protects
Being that corporate America has a grasp on the stock market and can manipulate it and you as a politician can get insiders information as to what laws are passing and what PACs entice you where to vote by way of tempting gifts. Crypto is the way I can increase my financial future. I serious hope you consider how you vote as this is what many individual investors who found the benefit of
I am writing to express my objections to the proposed regulations limiting access to leveraged/inverse ETFs/Funds. In particular the need to demonstrate a high net worth in order to purchase these assets is unnecessarily discriminatory and fails to take into account that someone without significant assets may still be able to employ a reasonable, successful and profitable strategy by using these
I would like to see the stock markets overhauled with a crypto blockchain style solution. Every share can then be tracked and identified with a unique token per coin. This could be created with specific user definable fields such as "shortable" where a user can specify whether or not his/her shares can be shorted. This could also enable a field to increment each time a share is shorted
To Whom it May Concern:
Leveraged investments have been a critical PORTION of my overall portfolio and long term strategy for years. While not the smoothest of rides it is a leveraged investment strategy based on the SP500 and US Treasuries and moves correspondingly with market movements of what I think one would agree are very sound investments. To end this option by a well-intended, but mis-
Once again regulators believe we are too dumb to use necessary products in which to grow our worth. Please provide data that confirms your belief that the products we use are too "Complex". I believe that Cryptos, legal gambling and other forms of memes and schemes pose a far greater threat than established inverse and leveraged funds. What are you doing about those?
