High risk/high return investment products should not be privileged to only the very wealthy. Index funds as such give smaller investors access to a wider array of investment tools. Trading the product requires buyers to fill out some extra paperwork demonstrating their understanding of the risk. Limiting the risk that smaller investors take on but not that of high net worth individuals seems anti
Evaluating a public company's financial performance can be complicated. Understanding the terms and ratios used to measure profitability and financial performance can helping you determine how well a company is performing over time and how its valuation compares with industry peers.
I work at an ocio and have the cfa. So coming from that background LETFs are not something that one stumbles into. There is enough info on the web that details the advantages and risks. Reddit LETFs, boggleheads forum, and portfolio visualizer have enough discussion of risks and advantages of these products. There is a lot of interest in these products from retail following the HFEA strategy upro
Thank you for your time. I've gotten into investing over the last 5 months as an individual with limited funds. I've learned to responsibly utilize leveraged and inverse ETFs and they have become a crucial part of my trading strategy. For someone like me, it allows greater exposure in the market with less funds. Also, inverse tools make the most sense in a bear market which we
This proposed regulation only inhibits free markets. Short selling or inverse ETFs were banned back in the 2008 collapse and simply equated to a rigged market. Why don't you regulate the purchase of long position shares when the market goes up too quickly? The only throttle considered is on the down side, which could be used to hedge other positions and/or anticipate and profit from
I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for my individual and family savings. I am capable of understanding leverage and inverse funds and their risks. I do not need these measures imposed on me.
Leveraged and inverse funds are important investment strategies. I use them to help hedge, seek enhanced returns, and for overall portfolio construction purposes. These are
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
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I am opposed to the new regulations further restricting retail investors. As a retail investor it is my responsibility to manage my own risk and be aware of the stocks and securities in which I invest. I am a grown man and do not need you to act as my mother. The risk is my own and your regulations will just make it harder for investors like me to profit off of securities and stocks. So
I have found these instruments very valuable. Let me give you a simple example. Maybe four, five years ago my daughter opened a Roth IRA. We deposited exactly $2500 into two 2X leveraged funds, ROM and UCC. Complete buy and hold, no trading at all, especially as the IRA is held by Vanguard which restricted buying and selling of these securities altogether. So no option to sell and re-buy.
The tools of an investor to offset risk through the use of some of the inverse or short funds could substantially impact their ability to mitigate losses. Investors need to understand the risks involved in EVERY product, including publicly traded stocks. ALL investments carry risk, every single one. The Boards ability to define who is knowledgeable or not is overstepping their scope of regulation
