Warning: Rule #22-08 is currently the subject of a deceptive advertising attack. Let's play "which of these is not like the others": * Target Date Funds * Funds using cryptocurrency futures * Reverse Convertible Notes * Volatility-Linked Funds The answer is "Target Date Funds". I don't use this, I don't intend to use this; but it's an old tool that's
Hello, I will keep this as respectful as possible, and please understand, many of us retail investors are feeling EXTREMELY frustrated with blatant fraud in the marketplace. I'll bullet out a few things I'm shocked by which indicate what is hard not to translate as intentional lack of controls and transparency. I can bucket my requests into two simple terms: 1.) Controls and 2.)
2008 Ape so strap in. There isn't enough space to cover everything so let me summarize: For every crime someone, say, making more or less than $200k in the market, be it collusion, insider trading, fraud, or what have you, committed and was jailed for, is evenly handed UP to those making more than $1mil to $2 BILLION more or less in the market. (That can be made easier by) *ban and make
Short selling and rehypothecation has been used to the detriment of retail investors and is threatening to destroy the entire market structure if left unchecked. Stricter reporting of positions, including naked shorts should be happening already. Brokerage firms, market makers, and other financial institutions were never meant to have as much control over the financial markets as they currently
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I have been investing for myself and my family for years and use leveraged and inverse funds as part of an overall portfolio strategy. These types of funds should be available to the general public without any additional onerous rules to use them. Hedging strategies are important to use in certain circumstances and they should not only be available to the privileged few. Regulators should be
Quit trying to help or protect me the "small" individual investor. Restricting my access to protect my portfolio by restricting access to inverse or leveraged funds is paternalistic and will only cause damage to small investors. The big money interests can hedge their portfolios but you would not let the little guy. Thus, the little investor will suffer the drawdowns &
I purchased a leveraged and inverse fund to play the rise in interest rates. I looked at the alternatives, decided how much risk I was comfortable taking, and purchased a 2X fund which has done very well in a time of rising interest rates. While I may not be rich, I am educated and quite capable of making decisions. Banning these investments smacks of authority limiting my ability to make
A lesson learned - As a retired Quality Analyst from Lockheed Martin, trading an IRA, I've struggled with only trading long. I've learned with inverted ETFs, long is only half of the dynamic. Forced to take a cash tends to make one walk away from the market. This disengagement with the market and reengagement is dangerous. With the inverted ETFs one can stay engaged and work
