It is my opinion the markets should be as transparent and fair across all avenues. The lack of transparency and information tilts the scale away from the retail investor and in turn causes distrust towards further involvement. Short information should be required to be disclosed to accurately guage the status and balance of a trade, and to rule out any potential foul play or bad actors.
I feel additional regulation on inverse and leveraged funds who prohibit me from diversifying my account. I already invest in high risk stocks like penny stocks and I also short stocks so I maximize my annual gains. While I may lose money occasionally I fully accept that risk. I'm only putting a small percentage into these funds and the majority of my money is in less risky stocks.
I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family. Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged. If you want retail investors to continue investing through the rough markets, we need access to public securities like leveraged and inverse funds, which allow us to make bets against the market without the risks that come
To FINRA Regulators,
Please do not infringe upon my right to invest my money as I see fit. Any benefits or losses from my investments into any inverse funds such as the ProShares Trust Ultra VIX Short Term Futures (UVXY), should be solely my responsibility.
Please do not impose any more regulations on these types of investments.
Thank You,
Ho Kim
Palmdale, California
the leveraged funds, both long and short the underlying, are important tools in portfolio construction. The open and free markets and skill sets should determine the winners and losers, not selected regulations. And we the investors should have to be responsible for our own actions, whether the results are good or not. Nor should we be subjected to pass an exam of sorts to qualify. The current
FINRA Adopts Amendments Relating to the Regulation NMS Plan to Address Extraordinary Market Volatility
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I understand the value of short selling. I understand it is a mechanism to root out unsavory characters that may be using subversive tactics to artificially prop up a stock/ security, however I do not understand why, in 2021 we as retail investors do not have access to the same information at the same time as institutional investors? how is that a free market? again its 2021 and we have internet
My comments submissions are: 1. The purpose of this change is to improve transparency within the market to counter fraudulently or bad actors having the ability to circumvent reporting mechanisms for their own gain, and often the loss that retail investors suffer as a result when operating within the market. This premise should underpin how all comments are reviewed and revisions incorporated. 2
I am writing to FINRA to comment today, pursuant to 15 U.S.C.A. § 78i, titled Manipulation of Security Prices, to prohibit manipulative and deceptive tactics that artificially depresses the price of AMC Entertainment and other securities in contravention of the laws of the United States. Section 78i(a) clearly states that "It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, by the
