This kind of regulation will only make it more difficult for the average citizen to achieve financial independence and awareness. This is the kind of barrier that allows institutions to maintain their monopoly on advanced trading tactics and instruments. There is already plenty of information and cautionary warnings in place that any reasonable person would understand their risks.
Washington, DC - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has won approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a major expansion of its BrokerCheck service
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This is to inform you that there is no need of enhancements to current rules for Brokerage firms. There is already a warning at Brokerage firms and that is sufficient. We know they are short term and monitor them daily. No change is needed. This is in regards to Leveraged and Inverse ETF's. Please do NOT limit access. I depend upon them!
Stop the regulatory overreach! This proposal will prevent private investors from making informed decisions about how they want to spend their own money. Your ludicrous, vague and just plain stupid proposal will hurt me from selling investments I have already made! Just STOP IT.
Stop trying to regulate retail investors. Information regarding these securities and other more complex investments is readily available. Nobody forces me to buy leveraged funds and the risks are well documented. You need to worry more about the investment whales that constantly manipulate the daily charts!!
Comments: A custodian of private individual accounts should provide a disclaimer when L&I funds are purchased. It should detail the risks and advise that it is not a long-term holding. No one should be restricted from purchasing these products. An informed individual should scale his or her risk tolerance before purchase.
I use my leveraged funds to hedge various positions. they are useful for reducing the amount of funds necessary for taking a position.
I feel your rules may limit my access to these useful tools.
My brokerage houses provide extensive information and they outline the risks and of these products.
Robert Pallaron
I believe that the proposed regulation in its effort to protect investors way oversteps the line between being helpful by ensuring that investors can make informed choices and being harmful by assuming it knows best what those choices should be and who should be allowed to make such choices and who should be banned from making them. Leveraged funds have been a part of my portfolio, including my
In general, I stick to conservative broad index funds for my investments, especially retirement. That said, I also see value in investing in funds like reverse volatility funds from time to time when the opportunity to benefit from stability presents itself.
I am very well versed in the risks of the market, which is why the majority of my investments are well diversified, but if want to invest a
Washington, DC - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have issued an Investor Alert called Leveraged and Inverse ETFs: Specialized Products with Extra Risks for Buy-and-Hold Investors warning retail investors of the risks associated with investing in these highly complex financial products.