In a fair and open market there should be transparency and a level playing field for all investors; be they retail or institutional. The number of shares shorted should be available IN REAL TIME throughout the trading day. Dark pool trading must be eliminated. We can clearly see that large institutions are buying massive quantities of AMC stock (for example) on the dark pool and then flooding the
I have been an investor in the stock market for over 20 years, but am considering pulling out for good. The regulators have shown everybody that they aren't in control, and allow hedge funds to run rampant with manipulation and most likely buy them off with kickbacks in the form of fines, while they break all the rules. The level of gross criminality is off the charts, and at the very least
It is very important for me to have financial flexibility with my investments. I dont always think the S&P 500 will go up and I like the ability to invest in an inverse S&P 500 fund without needing to pick individual stocks to short. Please dont take away my investment flexibility.
I'm against any Rule/Law which makes me go through special training to invest in Public Offerings.... also, the ETF I'm invested in is part of my Long Term Investment Strategy.... and it would be unfair to my Future Position in the Stock Market.... Thank you for your consideration.
Dear Regulators,
Please dont put more limitations on my ability to buy the funds. Leveraged and inverse funds are so important to my investment strategies when the stock market is going down like right now. I should be able to choose the funds and the manner to invest.
Thank you.
I have been investing in the stock an commodities markets since I graduated from the USC school of business in 1973. I have been investing in these markets for decades using leverage and inverse funds and do not need any regulations to help me at this point. Our markets should remain free and open.
Investing in stocks, real estate and any other legally available forms should not be restricted to retail investors only. The individual should be restricting his/her own according to his risk and benefit. If the government limits the access to leveraged and inverse funds to only the retail investors, it creates an unfair field,
Please do NOT make any regulations or changes to the ways leveraged funds are traded. Especially with the recent downturn of the stock market, you would take away people's chances to recover from the recent downfall, and regulations would cost individuals thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars, per person.
Given the horrible performance of the stock and bond markets this year, it is incredible that the government would attempt to limit, or make more difficult, access to products that can be used to hedge positions. This sends a clear message that individual investors are disadvantaged relative to large, politically powerful market players. This is a terrible idea.
Comments: I purchased $80,000 of FAS in a client account prior to Wells banning it in 2008. We did not trade the position and recently sold it for $1,000,000. The position was paid for in full and not leverage. It beat holding individual bank stocks, by triple. Leveraged funds if used conservatively fulfill a need. Keep them.
