During my 40 year working career while saving for retirement, I educated and positioned myself to competently manage a retirement portfolio. I am fiscally conservative and understand the risks associated with using the myriad the investment products currently available. Besides a variety of indexed ETFs, I have come to rely on the judicious use of inverse and/or leveraged funds, commodity, and
I am fully aware of the risks and dangers of leveraged funds. I value the freedom to chose the public investments that I deem correct. I use these funds sparingly to mitigate risk or to correct an obvious to me, imbalance. I am strongly opposed to government regulation of free participation in these investment vehicles which have a way of teaching harsh lessons to the foolish. And hedged great
I have been an individual investor for a long time and I use leveraged and inverse funds periodically, many times for hedges on my holdings. I do not see why regulators need to tell anyone how to invest, and they do not need to be in the business of protecting people from themselves. The prospectus clearly explains the risks involved in these funds. I should not have to pass a test to show my
I oppose the restrictions trying to be imposed by FINRA related to FINRA Regulatory Notice #22-08.
It should be my decision to choose the public investment that is right for me. Public investments should be just that, available to the public not just the privileged. Leave the publics rights alone and allow us to choose what is the best investment for ourselves. I shouldn't have to go
Leveraged ETF/ETNs pose risks that some retail investors do not understand. As such, broker-dealers should conduct due diligence before allowing customers to purchase Leveraged ETFs. However, such due diligence should be similar to that of mid-level options trading authority. My advisory firm is in the process of launching a hedge fund which utilizes Leveraged ETFs as a part of a risk-managed
Eliminating the leveraged ETFs from the choices of investment vehicles is the wrong decision. If the leveraged ETFs are volatile, how about the individual securities, mutual funds and options. Every investment tool in the stock market involves some degree of volatility and risk, even crossing the street in daily life has some degree of risk. Are we going to eliminate options because they include
Eliminating the leveraged ETFs from the choices of investment vehicles is the wrong decision. If the leveraged ETFs are volatile, how about the individual securities, mutual funds, and options. Every investment tools in the stock market involve some degree of volatility and risk, even crossing the street in daily life has some degree of risk. Are we going to eliminate options because they include
The proposals put forward are a solution in search of a problem. Leave Retail Investors alone. Retail Investors do not want, nor do we need, your "protection". Government regulation already restricts the general public from certain investments with the accredited investor rules, we do not need additional prohibitions placed upon us. It is difficult for me to believe that there
I am strongly opposed any additional regulations to leveraged and inverse securities. All investments have an element of risk; by requiring a list of pre-requisites to trading these securities, you decrease the investor base with access which could add to increased volatility as well as making the acquisition and disposition of said securities much more difficult. Additionally, further
Risk and reward go together in Free Enterprise. The responsibility to understand risk and then willingness to engage are an individual's prerogative. Those of us who are educated, responsible, and recognize the downside should be allowed to invest in leveraged funds. I am somewhat offended that people who don't understand the risk "cry foul" when they don