I have been trading in inverse funds for many years. They are an important part of my portfolio. They can counter the downturns and bring a sense of balance to the financial markets. They reflect the TRUTH of poorly performing entities. Unfortunately, corporate buy backs and short squeezes are the real villains affecting true market valuations, not leveraged and inverse funds. It would be a
Enact the rules and close up any loopholes. This has the potential to stop a lot of shady business practices if done correctly and insulate the market from predatory financial firms.
Greetings FINRA Principals,
This message is to implore your body to please NOT pass new, highly-restrictive rules/regulations on leveraged securities. I am a retail, middle-class trader/investor who uses these vehicles very judiciously - fully understanding the time decay factor and that they are not meant to be long-term holdings but instead, utilized for short-term swings only. These ETF
I should have the right to invest my money as I see fit . It's up to me to learn the pros and cons of different financial instruments . While I'm at it I am tired of calling hedge fund operators who tell me I must have a certain net worth and income to invest in their funds . If I have $20k to invest in these funds they should be more than happy to have me as a client . Thanks .
As an individual investor, I should have the flexibility to invest as I choose in the same financial instruments - as, for example, inverse funds - as hedge funds or those of "extreme" wealth. It seems that FINRA seeks to award advantages and privileges to the few (and insiders) and shut out individual investors. I accept market risk. Participating in the market - by definition -
It is not the government's role to determine an individual's ability to understand their own finances. Therefore I oppose this notice quite directly. Information about "complex" and inverse financial products is freely available online, and any able minded adult is able to find this information easily. Just because an individual may not fully understand a
I do not appreciate regulators restricting my choices of what I can invest in by making arbitrary rules.
As an individual, I learned that prior to investing in securities, I had to invest in my own financial education first, including risks associated with leveraged and inverse funds. Instead of making it more cumbersome to invest, consider helping and making it easier so younger generations may
Freedom and self-determination are essential to a better life for me and my family. I have spent much time and dollars to equip myself for trading options and futures to which I have been able to better my returns and hedge my accounts from future declines. Therefore, I say that I should have the freedom to engage with these instruments without interference to achieve my financial objectives.
Comments:
Dear FINRA, please do not begin gatekeeping access to complex financial instruments based on an assessment or net worth basis. This jeopardizes personal freedom and creates artificial and unnecessary barriers in the market for individual investors to participate. This compromises liquidity, price finding, and is an infringement of liberty.
A focus on risk disclosure and awareness is
Dear Mr./Mrs.,
It would be a grave mistake to limit leveraged funds to only a select few. Such practice would simply push individuals to trade on margin in a more risky/less controlled manner. By only allowing leveraged funds for professional traders or wealthy individuals you take financial tools out of the hands of the common person. This will make it even more difficult to provide
