As a 'retail investor' I support these measures. I have investments with professional financial advisors/brokers as well as my own self guided investments. I can honestly say if I were to get into complex products such as options, leveraged funds, etc I would not understand the true risks I was taking. I trust my financial advisor/broker to understand and manage these risks, so I would
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Hi SEC, I am a regular investor, investing myself for my money growth to help my family. The 2x and 3x leveraged ETF's give me a brilliant way to carefully craft my strategies for investment needs. I use it very carefully with proper hedging and fully aware of the risks of the downside. It would be pain to see these products go-away from the marked for individual investors like me who is
Hi, I'm writing with concern that my ability to hedge my portfolio volatility via inverse ETFs is under consideration of being limited or taken away. My only comment is that the ability to hedge downside risk via inverse ETF is one of the few ways other than outright selling to cash that I have to reduce risk in certain environments. In a rising rate environment in particular bonds are
I totally disagree with the proposal to regulate leveraged and inverse ETF's. They should be available to everyone, not just high net worth individuals. I understand the risks and use them strategically as a small fraction of my overall portfolio. I do not need anyone telling me what to do, or having to prove myself capable. I also totally disagree with the current regulations that restrict
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The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Fed.) is requesting comments on proposed changes to Regulation T (Reg. T), which covers extensions of credit by and to broker/dealers. The proposed
Wait!!! Youll let hedge funds and other large investors take risks- that is basically bet against the market but you want to restrict that to investors who dont have the money clout but have the smarts. What a scam. Protect the wealthy tax ball out folks but dont protect the investors trying to fund retirement and college funding. Yes its risky, but without taking risk we are then stuck with
I am an individual investor who utilizes leveraged ETFs to get leverage with investing. For the small portion of my portfolio that I dedicate to leveraged ETFs, they are an excellent source of taking on a little more risk with a small amount of capital. As long as people are aware of the potential risks with leveraged ETFs like huge drawdowns and fund closures, I think there shouldn't be
Pro shares leverage has made me tons of profit and I use it to hedge risk. Do not limit my ability to hedge risk while you guys in the government increase the debt, destroy the dollar, and destroy the economy because you guys werent prepared for Covid. To cover up your mistakes you too leveraged and hedged risk to save the economy but it is us the tax payers that have to pay for your screwups. If
Although it might be good intention to enforce more rules and regulation for leveraged and inverse ETFs. The enforcement could create unfair conditions for investors. Leveraged and inverse ETFs might have their own unique characteristics. But once put on the market and traded freely by market participants, the market force will help regulate behaviors of investors. All investments have risk. And