I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me. Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged.
People are more than capable of deciding their own level of risk. I have bought and sold weighted ETFs for over a decade. There is no reason to restrict these products.
It is extremely important that investors retain the right to hedge our portfolios when we feel appropriate. To remove this right is to seriously degrade what our available choices are, which hurts consumers. Removing choice is a worse outcome for the average consumer. Do not make things worse for investors.
Leveraged ETF's are a benefit to adding diversity and a hedge in small dollar amounts against my other much more sizeable investments in other unrelated securities.
A lesson learned - As a retired Quality Analyst from Lockheed Martin, trading an IRA, I've struggled with only trading long. I've learned with inverted ETFs, long is only half of the dynamic. Forced to take a cash tends to make one walk away from the market. This disengagement with the market and reengagement is dangerous. With the inverted ETFs one can stay engaged and work
You 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.
Regulating what assets a person can buy is not capitalism. The regulators aka central planners are intentionally or unintentionally turning the stock market into a place where only the wealthy can invest and expect great returns. Instead of regulating the 100's of millions of individual investors your energy would be better used regulating the trades of our congress men and women who
I put 30% in leveraged 3x etfs and then keep 70% in cash. this is an excellent way to not have all of my money exposed to the stock market. I am currently down 20% in those 3x etfs so i need the 3x etfs to exist so i can get back my losses, so you must not take away my opportunity to get back my losses. I use 3x etfs instead of options since options have time decay but 3x leveraged etfs don'
You 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.
Investors are already warned enough on leveraged ETFs that there is no reason for additional regulations and warnings for individual retail investors. Investors should be able to risk their hard earned money in ways they see fit for themselves. Individuals should have a right to use financial products they see fit to use in order to achieve their short term financial goals. Adding additional
