I find it VERY intrusive and limiting to deny individuals with small capital the opportunity to invest in leveraged funds. These funds are professionally managed, providing defined risks to the investor, and should be viewed no differently than a mutual fund with risk and reward based upon a fixed investment strategy that actually limits risk to the investor while providing access to securities
I am a very middle class investor, taxed to the max. I invest through a broker. My feeling is FINRA decisions always support the Wall Street, gang ! My feelings are stocks and regulators are extremely difficult for folks like me to I understand, thus my broker. To be Wall Street has been one a gang of thieves thrive by on us. A [REDACTED] recommendation to co trimly forget investments, even more
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.
I shouldn't have to go through any special process
like passing a test before you can invest in public securities,
like leveraged and inverse funds. I am fully capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds
I strongly oppose any regulation on trading leveraged and inverse funds. I use them extensively to build wealth and create an income stream which my wife and I live on. Like any investment vehicle, these carry certain risks. However, I am ok with the risks because I harness the added power they give my trading strategies. It is much easier to profit trading them than individual stocks. I have
I think this proposed legislation is misguided and goes way too far. It would be like banning the sale of alcohol because some irresponsible people get drunk and hurt themselves. I have used both leveraged and inverse ETFs to hedge my portfolio. Recently I used such ETFs to protect my positions in fixed income securities. If I was forced to sell my bonds and preferred stocks the market makers
I was notified of attempts by the ministry of security and exchange to pass new regulations disallowing retail investors from investing in leveraged and inverse funds. Thank you for this important communication on where you expect to steer the market.
I use inverse funds for the express purpose of hedging against market manipulators attempting to lower stock values at the expense of retail
Naked shorts are illegal. They have always found a way around all the SEC regulations and rules. Dark pools, sending stocks to OTC and other countries so the sec cant keep track. letting a human report is always going to lead to lies and illegal activities. the fines are chump change for them. Jail, losing the right to trade. They are children, and like children, you can tell them 15 times not to
Comments: To whom it may concern . My broker keeps me very informed of the risks that ETF holds . Unless you are going to come into the common peoples lives and rule how we manage our private money, whether that is gambling , drinking , excessive buying or saving, then you need to stay out of how I do my own stocks . ETF etc are my right to pick and choose . Not your right to say who or what I
If FINRA and all other market regulatory agencies are going to start focusing more attention on keeping retail from burning themselves when they appear powerless to do the same for MMs, prime brokers, reckless hedge funds, and conglomerates that have against all common sense and reason been allowed to become all of these things under the same umbrella with apparently no oversight, not to mention
Comments: Active investors are fully aware of the advantages and disadvantages of the instruments they invest in - most seek advice or read up on how they function. Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are by no means, whether regular or inverse, complicated in how they move with the indices or stocks they hold. The calculation of leveraged funds is complex; however, investors fully understand how they
