There is no further need for the government to >further< limit my access to leveraged investment funds. Information on the risks is made available to investors and it clearly lays out the uses and risks of these investment products. I(we) do not need further government intrusion into this area of our personal investment decision making and choices.
It would be detrimental for the investors to limit their access to leveraged funds. Most investors know the risk of these funds and brokerages are doing a good job of making sure that investors know the risk before they invest in these ETFs. Putting limitations on who can and cannot trade these funds would only help the few.
Inverse funds are important to me. It's a huge part of my investment strategies. It helps reduce risks when market goes down. I definitely don't want to lose the ability to access inverse funds. Personally, i understand the risks and how to properly use them. The restriction is unnecessary.
As an individual investor, leveraged and inverse ETFs are very important to my hedging and risk management strategies. Having used them for many years, I'm very well aware of the risks involved with these securities and do not need any additional education or certification in order to use them properly.
What makes the American Financial Markets so exceptional is they are the most innovative markets on earth. What this means is anyone with sound knowledge about a product is willing to take the risk only because such products are available and they trust the provider of those products to do the right thing to closely mirror the benchmark index as much as possible. If you take out access to these
The leverage and reverse ETF is an important tool for retail investors to hedge market risk. While institutions have so many tools to diversify their investment risk, retail investor can only rely on limited choices to offset the market volatility. It is important to make leverage/reverse ETF available to retail investors.
The only regulation investors need is for complete disclosure of the terms and broad discussion of the risks of complex investments. It ought to be up to them to decide how to invest, what risks to take, and which vehicles to use.
As a professional economist with over 30 years of experience, I see no legitimate purpose for Regulatory Notice #22-08.
Please maintain my status to choose to invest in proshares accounts. I have invested in these types of agressive funds with success and understand the risk involved and feel I should be able to assess my own risk without interference from 'oversight protection'. Please remove yourselves from my investment decisions.
I have been advised of the risk involved with investing in leveraged funds. It is my choice and I am willing to accept the risk associated with this type of investment.
I believe it is overreach when the regulators are attempting to restrict the type of investments a holder may purchase. There is no need for regulation to restrict investors from investing in their choice of funds.
All public investments should be available to all. Any access restrictions to leveraged or inverse funds is wrong. All investments have risks and those risks are taken by the investor not the regulator. Placing restrictions on funds or trading hours based your portfolio size or any other credential is wrongful discrimination.
