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
Publication Date: February 23, 2023
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15c3-4 Internal risk management control systems for OTC derivatives dealers.
15c3-4(a) An OTC derivatives dealer shall establish, document, and maintain a system of internal risk management controls to assist it in managing the risks associated with its business
Each year, FINRA publishes its Annual Risk Monitoring and Examination Priorities Letter to highlight issues of importance to FINRA's regulatory programs.
FINRA,
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
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
Although it might be good intention to enforce more rules and regulation for leveraged and inverse ETFs. The enforcement could create unfair conditions for investors. Leveraged and inverse ETFs might have their own unique characteristics. But once put on the market and traded freely by market participants, the market force will help regulate behaviors of investors. All investments have risk. And
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.
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I fit all the normal requirements for suitability to buy such things as ProShares. I owned AGQ in my Roth IRA. I am a retired VP Investments from a regional brokerage firm, sufficient net worth and income, full options trading experience and qualification and was forced by the compliance guy where my account is currently to divest this security due to its complex and risky nature and the upcoming
