This is not freedom. We do not need the FINRA restricting what securities people can buy or sell. We saw issues with Gamestop stock for example. The playing field should be level. It's even possible that people use outside the box trades, such as covered calls on TQQQ due to the high volatility and holding over time, arguably a reasonable approach given enough timeline.
Leveraged index ETFs such as QLD and QID are an important part of my portfolio. Unlike regular stocks, one has to only track market level for buying and selling these funds and therefore do not need a lot of analysis before investing in them in order to achieve enhanced returns. I believe they should be freely available for trading to the investing public without unnecessary regulations. Thank
I have a finance degree and have been investing since college. I invest in stocks, mutual funds, options, and leveraged and inverse funds. I'm quite aware of the risks involved from my 25 years of investing experience. Putting restrictions and forcing investors like myself to take tests doesn't help me. What I choose to invest in should be my choice, not the government.
As an individual investor, I should be able to choose public investments without restriction. Leveraged and inverse investment vehicles are important to my investment strategy. For instance, in order to hedge long exposure in S&P 500 stocks, I might buy a call spread in the VXX ETN. I am capable of understanding these types of financial products and do not need to be tested by my
As an experienced and knowledgeable individual investor, I strongly oppose any restrictions for the adult investors to invest in public investments including but not limited to stock options, leverage and inverse fund. The adult investors themselves instead of FINRA or another people shall select and decide the type of the public investments to the best of their interest and investment goals.
Investing in any security is complex. There are individual securities that are of much higher risk than the leveraged securities. The leveraged securities are offered generally for indices which consists of tens of hundreds of individual stocks. In the absence of leveraged securities investors will go into margins which is equally risky. Investor education will certainly help but it should
Me and only me should decide what or what I can not buy for me and my family. I should not have to take classes or jump through any hoops to be able to do so.This is a free country and people should be able to purchase any stock they wish and should not only for the privileged. They had to start somewhere to get where they are and everyone should be given that choice
These regulations will more broadly effect individual investors and again give more advantage to institutions which already have significant advantages in the market. It is my decision if I wish to invest in leveraged stocks. You can help educate individuals but to take their decision making away from them is unlawful, Especially when my right to invest is not imposing on the rights of other
To regulate L&I index funds is a grossly misguided decision. If FINRA seeks to protect investors from complex products, they should instead go after options, derivatives, short-selling, and other truly complicated financial practices. L&I funds are traded by average retail investors like me in the same manner that stocks are traded; they are simple to understand and necessary to
Comments: I've been using Leveraged and Inverse ETFs for a few years now. While there are risks involved, there are risks with investing with Non-Leveraged and Non-Inverse ETFs, and with stocks. Accepting risks is part of investing. Limiting what I can invest in would do more harm than good and limit opportunities in the market. I don't want to see access limited to Leveraged and
