Inverse and leveraged funds are an important part of the market as it allows retail investors like myself to take part in products that are normally not available to us. The ability to hedge against certain products, market segments, or scenarios should not be limited by a regulatory body. I agree the complexity of these funds and their risks should be well understood by anyone who invests in
Im a normal citizen with a professional job and consider myself an average but informed investor. My investment plan is focused on long term gains and uses leveraged funds to do that. I follow a systematic investment program that uses safety switches and signals to reduce exposure to leveraged funds while also maximizing the benefit leveraged funds provide in the long term.
Im more than
I 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. I should not be forced to go through a specific test to be able to trade any securities I want. As an individual I am capable of making my own decisions. Cryptocurrency strategy is important for my long term financial planning
I oppose what is being planned to limit my ability to invest MY money public investments. As we all know there is a level of risk in making any investment and that is a risk I as an individual make a choice on - Not you. Leveraged and inverse funds are important part of my investment portfolio limiting my access to these investment vehicles appears to be discriminatory and tyrannical actions.
Comments:Given that it's been banks and wall street that has crashed the stock market numerous times with their wild gambling and poor planning, even though they're supposedly sophisticated traders with lovely certificates attesting to the fact, perhaps you should tighten regulations on the financial giants and leaches in the system before you go after the small people. Have
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As an investor, I own a few leveraged ETFs which are critical part of my overall asset portfolio. I strongly oppose any plan to restrict access to these ETFS by any means because investments in these leveraged ETFs are my rights and setting any restrictions may hurt my wealth. I fully understand the risk and rewards of the leveraged ETFs and hence make my own investment and trading decisions
This ruling goes against the rights of all types of investors. You will have millions of u.s. investors leave the markets for good, if the markets can only go up with no inverse to be a cobtrarian vehicle to the ebbs and flows of the market. Shame on finra lately and the top 5%. Let the class warfare begin. Shame on you guys over at govt. agencies. Specially the tsp plans of the military to shut
Staff Relocations
Over the next several months, some NASD Regulation, Inc. (NASD RegulationSM) and National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) staff will be moving from Washington, D.C. to a new location in Rockville, Maryland. The move will be conducted in a staggered fashion beginning early July, with completion expected in the fall of this year. This relocation plan affects over
On September 3, 2016, firms migrated from the Pre-Pilot Data Security List to the Pilot Security List. During the month of September, for the purposes of data collection, all securities on the Pilot Security List (with the exception of any test securities that may be included) are in the Control Group. Securities will be moved into the Test Groups, as appropriate, once the
(a) If an ADF Trading Center does not achieve certain thresholds of both its Projected Average Transaction Volume and its Certified Peak Transaction Volume in one or more categories on one or more days in a given calendar month, the following shortfall capacity usage fees will apply:
For Projected Average Transaction Volume:
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1 – 2 days
3 – 5 days
6 – 10
