I think changing the way things are done now to the way you plan on doing will hurt us small investors more then you realize. Things were gong along smoothly enough up to now and this change will just muddy up things.
Social security is not going to provide enough in my retirement. I need the same advantages as Wall Street to hedge against turbulent downsides to the market to have a fighting chance to preserve my nest egg. Please dont just help Wall Street. Help Main Street too.
I need the right to buy any leveraged ETF. Please do not take it away.
As an investor these products allow us to hedge our portfolios during market downtrends, which can be an easier and far more cost effective method to shorting stock, while also being less complicated then having to buy puts on an underlying index or security. The leveraged funds allow investors to profit off of bull runs in the market, especially in a time where a standard 10% return on the S
Dear FINRA regulators,
I have been a professional investor for 35 years and have taught investment management to MBA students at a Tier 1 University for 20 years. During this time I have had interactions with investors at all levels of investing knowledge and experience, and believe it is imperative that all public securities remain freely available to all investors. To try and regulate who can
Investors should have the ability to freely take risks in buying levered ETF's when they deem necessary.
We are investors, we understand the risks of investing. Let the financial market provide products to fit the needs of educated customers. We don't need FINRA to be our mommy or daddy.
Comments: Please do not restrict access to leveraged ETFs. I am an individual investor who makes a profit trading these year after year. It will harm us by taking away options to capitalize on trends.
Thanks
Why is FINRA so [REDACTED] on stacking the deck against retail investors?! Is it because the market is getting ready to crash and only institutional investors are allowed to benefit from it? I have a significant investments in 2 inverse funds and I know the risks. FINRA is not my financial guardian and I do not need any extra regulation imposed on me. This is the second time I've had to
Please stop shutting down our capitalist system. Do not take away the citizen's right to invest in any fund we wish. I myself am well aware of the risk found in "leveraged and inverse funds" which is why I use it as a hedge against a market downturn, and I only use a small fraction of my portfolio for my inverse funds. I do not need to take a test or exam to prove I know what I am
