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I am a retail investor and use leveraged ETFs for a portion of my portfolio. Before buying these leveraged ETFs, I did a significant amount of research to understand the risks. This included back testing how the funds would behave in different market and monetary conditions. I also read the prospectuses for the funds. All this information was available and provided sufficient information on the
Dollars have no intrinsic value, so if any member of the public wants to gamble with them using what you call 'complex products', this should be entirely possible so as to have a level playing field with wall street. Educational materials are good. Less regulation is better, ending the federal reserve bank would be best.
Taking away the use of leveraged and inverse Etfs or limiting their holding time is unfair to retail investors who rely on these products and approach them with due diligence. Leveraged Etfs are not inherently dangerous. Knives are sharp and hurt like [REDACTED] sometimes but we don't ban them from public use. Let the emphasis be on better education and disclosure, that makes sense. But the
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The concept behind interval funds is a higher return in exchange for non daily liquidity. While the concept appeals to clients with surplus liquidity, the regulatory oversight is poor All prospectuses I have read mislead the client and the FA to believe the investment may be redeemed on a specified date. What is never discussed is the optionality the fund has where they may limit redempyions to 5
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