My husband and I have been investing in the market for 22 years without a personal broker. I feel public investments should be available to all of the public,
I invest in stocks and options and I hedge my funds with Leveraged/Inverse Products, including ETF (Proshares Long and Short). I write covered calls on my stocks and ETFS to protect my accounts from the downside in the market and rely on
Do you remember the tax act of 1986, it took back what was granted to investors in the 1981 tax act and slammed the entire economy into reverse for about five years. This is the same kind of action.
I would not use inverse ETFs, or short market.
I keep the exposure as s small portion of an overall portfolio, and have a large cash balance. So, using these, I can keep cash % larger.
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Please do not restrict my usage of specialized market products. I use leveraged products to reduce the risks of my family's investments in many other securities. In times of war, such as now, and high market volatility, such as now, and high inflation, such as now, and irregular FED activity, such as now, I need these leveraged products to secure the future of my family. I am just an
Dear sirs
I am testing a strategy using leveraged ETF's. My simulation shows it is feasible and successful. I have the following considerations:
1. ETF's are funds of many stock stocks, especially market ETF such as TQQQ. It has market risk but not the risk of individual companies. Sometimes, individual companies have higher risk than the market itself.
2. My strategy is short
The limitation on the ability for the individual investor to invest in inverse and leveraged investments is asinine. I may not be a CFA nor have FINRA series licenses, but am smart enough to know "I think this sector is going to go down, and I don't want to become a short seller, so investing in this ETF that is inverse allows me the freedom to invest in something I believe in
I invest and trade in my Roth IRA account. The IRS prohibits any short positions in an IRA thus eliminating any opportunity of arbitrage except by using inverse mutual funds. Prohibiting investment in leveraged or inverse funds would cause investors like me great harm. I believe that I understand them well enough to avoid common pitfalls. In years past I held Series 6, 7 and 24 licenses and for a
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: As an active private investor I understand the criticality of having access to inverse and leveraged ETFs. These products enable long term, full cycle investors to take advantage of short-term trends across multiple market segments, providing diversification and risk management of my portfolio. I would hope that FINRA allows for an expansion of these types of investing products in the
Dear FINRA, It has been brought to my attention by my brokerage firm that your regulatory agency is considering stripping me of my right to invest my money as I see fit. I do not believe you should choose what equities or funds in which I can invest or whether or not I take a long or short position in those equities or funds. Furthermore, do not require me to take some course that you develop to
As a retail investor, I am offended that more legislation is being implemented in order to "protect" retail investors who are not smart enough to comprehend products that are offered in the open market. Specifically volatility related products, which are an essential part of hedging for market risk. Why are you attempting to shut retail out of products which we can actually benefit from
