Thank you, John for that kind introduction. It's an honor to speak at this great university – and the McDonough School in particular. Georgetown University is an incredibly valuable resource – to its students and the entire business and financial community.
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Hope you are well! I understand your reluctance, but I desperately need access to leveraged indices, and triple leveraged indices, understanding full well that there's a massive risk involved. It's something that I'm fully aware of. I truly need this to secure my near term and long term futures, if you remove my access now, it will destroy my ability to retire
I use the inverse leveraged products to hedge my risk. For example, I bought a share of Google upon the advice of a broker acquaintance. I was worried about the upcoming earnings report, but wanted to hold onto my stock for the split coming this Summer. So I bought an inverse leveraged product for a few days to lessen my risk during earnings season. I did have an issue with the ProShares UVXY ETF
Having the ability to invest on leveraged and/or inverse ETFs is an integral part of my investment strategy as it allows me to take advantage of market volatility and or hedge against it. These funds provide an easy mechanism to optimize returns and reduce risk. As with any other investment product, one needs to be familiar with its characteristics, liquidity and inherent risks. I dont believe
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It should be up to the investor him/her self to decide their risk tolerance levels and which products will achieve their goals.
There is less risk in using an inverse ETF than the options derivative markets because the latter has more variables that are measurably harder to comprehend,
Your time would be better spent looking under the hood at what Is going on at financial organizations
I use leveraged and inverse funds regularly in my investment strategy. They are an integral part of my portfolio. I am fully capable of understanding all the risks associated with these funds and have knowingly chosen to include them in my portfolio after analyzing those risks. The brokerage firms already require signed documents in order to trade these instruments and they also give warnings
I believe it is our right as investors in a free and fair market to invest our hard earned money into leveraged ETFs and inverse leveraged ETFs without regulation. It is our duty to make sure we are aware of the risks and regulations of these products and many brokerages offer a warning before trading or investing in these products. The regulation or complete banning of these products puts us at
I strongly oppose any restrictions on the trading of any of the fund types in the notice particularly leveraged and inverse ETFs or ETNs involving indices or volatility. Risks are clearly laid out in the prospectus. Not the governments job to restrict the freedom to invest in these products in order to protect people who cant be bothered to read the prospectus and then get burned by risks clearly
I am strongly opposed to proposed regulations that would restrict my ability to utilize Leveraged and Inverse Funds/ETFs. These are an important part of my investment strategy and are used for both investment in up trending markets as well as hedging purposes in downtrending markets. I am quite capable of understanding the function and risks of these vehicles, and do not feel the government
This looks like just another step towards total control of free enterprise and free thought in our country. I've been a serious and prudent investor in financial instruments for over 30 years. I understand and fully accept the risks involved with conservative, risky, and off-label investments (including leveraged and inverse securities). Since the markets (including Stocks and so-
