Comments: Im a retail investor who takes responsibility and ownership of my trading and investing activities.
Leveraged and inverse products are useful trading vehicles for retail investors who dont have easy access to short selling, swaps, or other forms of leverage.
The products are easy to understand for anyone who takes the time to read the fund prospective and objectives.
I feel that FINRA
1.) Limiting investment opportunities to those with high net worth is inherently un-American and is borderline predatory on those who would be excluded from making these investment plays.
2.) Leveraged and inverse funds are crucial to my short and long term investment strategies. Information and notices are provided with these, and should continue to be. Expanding information requirements is a
I as an investor am well informed of the risk associated with a leveraged fund but am also aware of the benefits of these as they allow me to have insurance against market swings without having to allot a large portion of my portfolio.
They have a place for a personal investor like me so I do not have to invest a larger portion of my portfolio in riskier option trading or short selling for
With the availability of information over the internet it is no longer reasonable to think that investors are not educated in all aspects of funds trading. Last year a group of talented amateurs was able to commit a short squeeze against major bank holdings that were too sure of their own intelligence. This clearly follows that basis to protect vested corrupt interest to the detriment of the
Comments:FINRA should restrain from limiting access to leveraged funds. These funds are suitable for any investor that understands how leverage can be effective in achieving a financial goal. Obviously these funds are more for short term trading so the trader should be vigilant. Long term inexperienced buy and hold investors are better served elsewhere. Any investor should have access to these
I do not want regulators to limit the use of inverse and leveraged funds to the general public. This would limit my ability to invest using my retirement accounts, in which other investment strategies are not allowed, such as options and short selling. If these funds are straight forward to investors through the prospectus and following current regulations, no other measures should be imposed on
I am a small private investor with a great deal of experience however I might not measure up to your new strict standards.That concerns me as I use these investments as short term hedging vehicles. I shouldn't have to go through a special process to qualify, what brokerages have in place now is very adequate. Your proposed new rules would make these products the exclusive trading grounds of
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On June 27, 1997, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to NASD® Rules 4611(d) and 4612(g) with regard to market maker registration and Primary Market Maker (PMM) eligibility by managers and co-managers of secondary offerings.
Hedge funds have way more tools at their disposal than retail investors. They use these extra tools to manipulate the market and hide all the shady activity they do. THEY NEED TO GO TO JAIL FOR ROBBING AMERICAN PEOPLE. They are going to cause another market crash, short [REDACTED] out of everything, and make billions of dollars while Americans are suffering. Burn them down.
We have all seen and currently see the manipulation going on today. We, the people, need TRANSPARENCY in the market. What you have been doing obviously does not solve the situation. Fines are not enough as a consequence. I would like to see all short interest updated daily and data on dark pools need to be opened to public observation. Thank you for your time
