This kind of regulation will only make it more difficult for the average citizen to achieve financial independence and awareness. This is the kind of barrier that allows institutions to maintain their monopoly on advanced trading tactics and instruments. There is already plenty of information and cautionary warnings in place that any reasonable person would understand their risks.
Comments:its my choice to trade any and all securities including leveraged and contra etfs. The information on its risks is widely available and I reviewed it many times. Its my responsibility. I and we do the Due Diligence as long as full disclosure is provided.
Thank you,
Mirek Wachowiak
Hi,
I am a small investor that manages a number of portfolios for my extended family. The majority of these portfolios are IRA and 410K's and the only option available in those non-margin accounts for hedging risk is inverse mutual funds. The loss or limitation of these instruments would be a great loss to the small investor.
You 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 capable of
understanding leveraged and inverse funds
and their risks. Regulators do not need these measures
imposed on me.
Regulate wall street not main street. You are just adding extra hoops for retail traders to jump through. If a retail trader wants to take on a lot of risk, they will find a way to do it. You are not protecting anyone. This will just widen the gap between the average investor and institutional investors.
Stop trying to regulate retail investors. Information regarding these securities and other more complex investments is readily available. Nobody forces me to buy leveraged funds and the risks are well documented. You need to worry more about the investment whales that constantly manipulate the daily charts!!
As a personal investor in leveraged ETFs, I fully understand the potential risks and consequences that come along with said investments. Being they are legal and regulated funds, I should be able to make the decision whether or not to invest in them on my own accord, and not have FINRA make that decision for me. Thank you.
We as individual investors need to have equal opportunity to invest like the pros and would like for us to have access to these leveraged funds. We as individual investors assume these risks of higher losses also and the ability to use leveraged funds should not be taken away from us.
its important for me to invest in TQQQ, SOXL and LABU which allows me to invest 1/3 the amount I usually have to invest so I am not taking any extra risk. Instead of investing 10000, I can invest 3333.33 and get same return. Thanks Kalpesh Patel
Leveraged and inverse funds give people the ability to grow their wealth and shouldn't be restricted to certain privileged (mostly wealthy) individuals. Why single out these investments? There are many risky stocks that have higher volatility and risk than leveraged and inverse ETFs. This is arbitrary and hurts the small investor.
