I understand that investing in leveraged funds has it risks but how to invest my money is my choice. I appreciate just and transparent regulations but limiting peoples freedom of investing is not one of them. Perhaps you should have regulations so that the ones who manipulated the market for their own profit but sent our economy into crisis, such as the one in 2008, will go to jail.
The proposed limitations on certain purchasers of leveraged and inverse funds appears arbitrarily selected with no rational justification as to how it is meant to protect anyone. It appears the "protection" factor is nothing but a ruse to give an unfair advantage to professional and institutional investors - by given them privileged access to investing options not available to
I have my rights to choose what investment I want to make, whether I have $10 or $10 millions dollars to spare. It should be available to all, not just the privileged. I understand the leveraged and inverse funds and their risks because I do research on them before making the investment. I don't want to take and pass a test to invest in anything. My money, my problem!
1. I not regulators should be able to choose the public investments that are right for you and your family. Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged 2. I 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 understanding leveraged and inverse
I regularly maintain positions in 2x leveled ets for the purpose of hedging and to maximize my upside without the use of margin debt or options with expiration dates. Products like SSO and QLD allow me to be patient, as well as invest less cash to achieve the same or similar performance as spy and qqq; each of which require putting up double the cash at risk.
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The FINRA legislation as proposed is very unfair and biased. The investing public in a free market system should be able to buy securities as they choose, as long as they understand the risk associated with it. FINRA legislation his biased against investors with small amounts to invest and gives advantages to institutional investors and high net-worth individuals. The investing game is
I oppose this proposed regulation because it is over reaching, limiting investors ability, is over reacting to a very small minority of people and does not reflect the vast majority of investors. If the mandate is to protect the public, then require wording and risks for leveraged or inverse funds. There is a place for inverse funds, particularly when markets are declining. and investors should
there is already more than enough information for individual investors to make informed decisions. we don't need more hurdles. most people understand the risks associated with most investments. if you don't know how to swim, don't get in the water. but, if you do and drown, there's no FINRA that can save you from your own stupidity.
Comments: I think providers of leverage and index funds are doing a fantastic job warning about the risks. Instead of handcuffing us with this ruling, perhaps make the training and certification more rigorous? Better idea, how about you stop Congress from being able to have unfair trading practices before you start interrupting the retail investor?
this regulation would limit my ability to invest as i want. the time and energy i put in to investing should not be cancelled because my net worth isnt high enough or i dont work in the finance industry. anyone who puts their money at risk in these funds needs to be accountable to themselves for those decisions. please dont try to put arbitrary restrictions on these products.
