The Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) section of the 2023 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
I would like to express my SUPPORT for additional regulation of trading leveraged and inverse funds. I use leveraged ETFs quite heavily in my own financial planning, and I don't see any reason not to require investors to pass a simple test to use these products. They are a great tool for hedging, but they can be very riskyand I believe some measures should be taken to make sure that they
I don't not want my investment in leveraged S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 index ETFs to have any more regulation than is presently in place. I feel content and confident in my investment planning with these products in my portfolio. Using the leveraged products allows me to keep more money in my CASH AND US BOND part of my portfolio to add security to my income while still achieving my
Dear FINRA,
I have become aware of the unnecessary regulations planned for restricting my access to invest in leveraged and inverse funds. I have been trading inverse and leveraged ETFs for the last four years without any issues. Adding restrictions will stop me from trading and investing in ETFs as well as many other investors that can profit from changes in the market trends.
ETFs and other
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
The United States is a free capitalist country where people have freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution. This should reflect from the freedom of investing too--people should have their freedom to choose what and how to invest their money. We save and invest to better our future lives. I diversify in my investments. Leveraged and inverse funds, though by no means of a large portion, are important
Hi, Having the ability to hedge my retirement funds is essential when there is high volatility in a high volatile world. The easiest way to do this is with a leveraged inverse ETF of the SP500 or Nasdaq. The drift risk in a leveraged inverse ETF is a lot les risky compared to options trading or short selling to hedge a portfolio. Options are complicated, expensive and short-term forms of
You plan to prevent or restrict investors from buying a broad range of public securities including the leveraged and inverse funds offered by ProShares. If these regulations are adopted, they could prevent or restrict investors ability to buy the funds. This is ridiculous, my ability to freely invest should not be restricted. I oppose limitations on my ability to buy any kind of Funds. YOU FINRA
I don't think it is right for Regulators to take control of how the public wants to invest in the future of their families, your trying to make the rich get richer once again, middle class people don't have a chance again, when a good thing comes along that's when regulators want to take over, where were you when crypto was just getting started, you didn't believe in it but
