Hello, I am a retail investor who regularly buys and sells leveraged index fund products. I trade these funds based on a strategy I have developed with great research and care, and know full well the risks involved. Leveraged index funds provide retail investors access to position-sizing and diversification strategies that would be too onerous for such investors to implement themselves.
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Comments:You will be surprised to see how well we understand leveraged and inverse leveraged ETFs. There is a lot of information on the internet about it and we do our research. Sure, we dont have the connections that the big boys on wall street have or their multimillion dollar accounts but we do understand the markets and the problems with inflation we are having right now.
Besides, even the
(1) The leveraged and inverse funds offered by financial institutes provide excellent investment opportunities and give us financial security. Surely, the investors should aware of their risk and reward. Just like any investment that no investment can guaranty their future performance. However, the regulation should not limit the high potential to have the maximum return. (2) Talking about the
I have invested on my own for for 36 years, doing my own due diligence, reading, and using my informed judgement. People make all types of financial decisions such as career choices, where or whether to purchase a home, what type of healthcare they access, the foods they consume, where they travel, etc.- the list could go on for pages. Any mature adult of sound mind can make financial
While requiring disclosure of additional information regarding complex financial products seems good in principle, it seems quite possible that this will be yet another textual agreement that almost nobody reads and most people click through. Figuring out who needs the information provided and how to present it in a way that they will understand it seems important.
However, requiring testing to
I oppose the proposed rule regarding increased restrictions on trading certain funds / securities. I, and other members of the public, am capable of making investment decisions and can suitably analyze the benefits / drawbacks to various investments. Taking risks is a fundamental part of the human experience, and placing further limits on the kinds of people who can trade certain products will
Summary
FINRA warns member firms that, over the past two months, we have observed a sharp increase in new customers opening online brokerage accounts and engaging in Automated Clearing House (ACH) “instant funds” abuse to effect securities trading. (FINRA has previously warned firms about trends in losses from schemes involving electronic funds transfers, such as those involving outbound wire
To whom it may concern,
Please hear my conviction that restricting the rights of investors to invest in complex products is unjust and unequitable. The proposal is fundamentally flawed.
The role of financial oversight is to FACILITATE investment, not RESTRICT it.
In addition, Each investor should be free to pursue financial security according to their own best judgment, not as dictated
I would call myself a KNOWLEDGEABLE investor. I use a SMALL PERCENTAGE of my investable funds to sometimes buy inverse (or bear market) funds that are leveraged, as these leveraged funds are often the only ones available. I current own shares of SCO (a 2X leveraged bear fund based on the price of oil). While these funds are certainly not for everyone, my ability to invest in them should NOT be
