(a) No member or person associated with a member shall cause to be executed an order to buy or sell a security or a related financial instrument when such member or person associated with a member causing such order to be executed has material, non-public market information concerning an imminent block transaction in that security, a related financial instrument or a security underlying the
The Supervision section of the 2019 Report on Exam Findings informs member firms’ compliance programs by describing recent findings and observations from FINRA’s examinations, and, in certain cases, also providing a summary of effective practices.
Dear FINRA,
I am opposed to the potential restrictions by FINRA on my right to invest in public investments. I should be able to choose the investments that are right for me and my family. Publicly traded investments should be available to all the public and not just the privileged. I am more than capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds and their risks. I should not have to go
FINRA Regulators: I am concerned about new regulations that might ban or limit my ability to invest in certain mutual funds/EMFs, specifically those that would limit or ban leveraged and/or inverse leveraged funds. I can't help but guess that the reason Vanguard recently blocked access to these funds came ahead of your possible system-wide regulations. I have contacted Vanguard to express my
In general:
- It's good to have people educated and understanding what they are dealing with.
- It's extremely bad to restrict people's right of making their own decisions.
Thus:
- Items 2d (required attestation), 2e (access restrictions), 7cii (mandatory quiz), 7d (reevaluations), and other items that are potentially can completely lock people out of certain choices
Please do not add more hurtles to investing in inverse ETFs and leveraged ETFs.
Ive used several ProShares leveraged inverse/ short ETFs to act as over night insurance for my bond and equity funds, i.e to reduce loss when fear is roiling the markets. I am in my late 50s, I also trade long ETFs where I hold for brief periods to improve my overall return. I consider both long and short, leveraged
Leveraged and inverse ETFs offer regular investors a safe way to invest in a wider variety of securities, achieve higher returns and meet financial goals faster. Without these instruments, achieving these returns would require investors to take risky short positions or margin trade, which are much riskier than being able to invest in these funds. My brokerage already has adequate warnings about
I like having the ability to invest in leveraged funds. I do not want this option taken away, or limited by some gate-keeper that gets to decide what I do with my money.
These are calculated risks I take and provides me choices for high growth.
I understand that we're trying to protect uninformed people, but you can't solve this by showing people pages of text before they trade
The purpose of restricting individual investors to purchase leverage ETFs by FINRA is questionable since my stock broker, Fidelity, already informs investors volatility and risks of losing capital seriously. Those who are trading leveraged ETFs are well aware of the consequences and ready to be responsible for high market volatility. In reality, most of novice individual traders don't
WE OPPOSE RESTRICTIONS TO OUR RIGHT TO INVEST. We not regulators should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family. Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged. We shouldn't have to go through any special process like passing a test before I can invest in public securities, like leveraged and inverse funds. We fully
