What are you doing and why. This type of investment should not be only used by traders on wallstreet. All things are learned and anyone can learn how to use different investment strategies. WHY let only bankers steal on the short. This is obvious what you are trying to do. Protect bankers money. Well, you should BE working for us, any time you restrict what regular people can do you are screwing
a. Public investments should be able to all of the public, not just the privileged
b. I am well capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds together with the risks and certainly don't need special tests / process to pass before we can invest in these types of securities.
c. Leveraged and inverse funds are important to my investment strategies.
d. It is better that regulators
Regulators,
I utilize proshares solutions to help my own accounts, my family's accounts, and my clients accounts. It allows for cheaper ways to help hedge to take advantage of markets and I am well aware of the dangers since proshares prospectuses are so good! This is not a segment of the market we should be going after. Leveraged and inverse funds have provided us solutions to HELP
I believe FINRA's proposed limits try to address a problem that does not exist. Retail investors should have the freedom to decide what to do with their money and Direxion does a great job with several resources in their website to inform us about the risks of leverage investments.
I understand well what the risks are of investing in leveraged ETFs and they have made me a better investor
We as investors should be free to choose what we invest in including Leveraged/Non-leveraged ETFs. I don't want any barriers installed that would prevent me and my fellow investors from investing in these. We are solely responsible for OUR money and the risk we take with it is our business. I don't want altruists determining what is good for me. Further, Leveraged funds help
I am outraged that you call Structured Product "complex investments." How can you paint these products with such a broad brush? Frequently companies use futures to hedge against many risks. Why not call their stocks complex investments as well? I believe simply informing clients of the risks, as our firm does with all the investments we sell, should suffice with any risk disclosure. We
Cryptocurrency and crypto currency funds should not be limited to qualified investors. It is the duty of all investors to understand the what they are investing in and the risks involved. Closing off retail investors from an entire class of assets would be a disservice and over reach. As this sector of the economy grows and evolves it is on all of those investing to research and understand what
Comments: I have been using these type of accounts for awhile now. If used sparingly and watch closely they can enhance your porfolio. There is inherent risk, but that is with everything. These don't really move any different than any index funds. They allow you the flexibility and protection at times of turbulence in the markets. I would never suggest anyone putting a large percentage into
I should be able to choose public investments that are right for me, and these investments should be available to all of the public. I should not have to go through a special process or test to invest in inverse and leveraged funds. I understand their risks well - information on them is widely available. Leveraged and inverse funds are an important part of my investing approach, allowing me to
I use both bullish and bearish inverse funds to hedge as well as speculate on upcoming trends in the market. I am able to control my positions and don't need anyone looking out for my best intrests as I'm always 100% engaged when I have these types of funds in my portfolio. If other investors don't take their time to fully understand what they are purchasing that should be neither
