I understand the risks involved in leveraged investments and I am fully capable of using such instruments in my portfolio to increase the diversity and return of my accounts. All investments carry risks and I have used leveraged funds for over ten years. I should not be required to take any tests or special processes as I feel comfortable and accomplished that my experience and portfolio
It is very important to me to make my own investment decisions, not have them made for me. I want to retain every opportunity to make any type of investment I choose. I've purchased inverse and leveraged funds without excessive risk and have made a profit. One shouldn't have to be wealthy to have the "privilege" of the full range of investment opportunities
I wish to express my opposition to considerations by FINRA to restrict rights to invest in leveraged and/or inverse funds and other investments considered to be "complex".
With over 30 years of investing experience and formal credentialing (CFP), I consider myself fully capable of understanding the risks of investing in such funds.
Leveraged and inverse funds are an extremely
Leveraged and inverse ETFs are critically important hedging instruments for managing risk in cost-effective ways. Stripping individuals of the right to freely use and learn about these tools risks creating a market where valuation becomes disconnected from price (as the bets are less precise and more homogenous), and the market loses the ability to differentiate between successful and
Over the past 6 months I have been investing a relatively small portion of my portfolio in leveraged inverse funds to hedge other portfolio positions.
It is difficult to understand how regulators would presume to require a 'test' or other special requirement to invest in these tools.
Certainly, leverage has risks. Certainly, stocks have risks. If you can't accept that
As an investor, I think I have the right to choose what assets I can invest..I understood the risk when buying the leverage funds.
Why do I have to go through any special process like passing an exam..?? it sounds ridiculous to me man..so do I have to pass one exam to buy any product..? like I need to pass an exam to buy a share of APPL??
This product is important to my strategy.. I can bear the
In the past 20 or so years, we have had three major market corrections of approximately 37%, 40% and 50%. In all of those cases, it would take close to 10 years to recover the losses, based on normal rates of returns (for example, a 50% drop requires 100% returns to become whole). If you started retirement savings at a time later than ideal, for any number of reasons, you need the ability to
Dear FINRA,
It is heart-breaking to hear that you are considering to restrict retail investors to trade leveraged ETFs. I strongly object any limitation that might be applied on trading leverage ETFs.
It is my personal right to use the financial instrument that I choose to invest my own money. The leverage should be available to all of the public, not just the rich and privileged. Any restriction
I fail to understand why I, an investor, am being restricted from investing in any and all investment vehicles available on the open market. For a country that touts itself as a "free, open, and fair market", restricting me, a retail investor, from using the same investment vehicles available to professional investors is a flagrant and unabashed infringement upon a "free, open, and
I want to have freedom to choose my investments, there is disclosure of risk already before any "risky" asset can be purchased.
I do NOT support further requirements to trade these securities, I should be the one making decisions about risk I am willing to take.
Leveraged and inverse funds play significant role in my trading strategy and investment strategy and can not be