Im a normal citizen with a professional job and consider myself an average but informed investor. My investment plan is focused on long term gains and uses leveraged funds to do that. I follow a systematic investment program that uses safety switches and signals to reduce exposure to leveraged funds while also maximizing the benefit leveraged funds provide in the long term.
Im more than
Please do not limit my ability to choose leveraged and inverse funds. Without Wall St. experience or a high net worth, I feel confident I can employ these investment vehicles to meet my investment strategies. In today's world, there is a ton of information at our fingertips. These types of investments are useful as a hedge and also can help boost returns without having to buy an
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I oppose any burdensome regulation on leveraged funds. I have no objection if you want to require potential investors to read information about a fund's risk and pass a test based on that reading before allowing the investor to invest in a high-risk fund. But I have invested in a leveraged fund where I can lose all my investment, and I accept that risk based on market factors. However,
I am outraged that you call Structured Product "complex investments." How can you paint these products with such a broad brush? Frequently companies use futures to hedge against many risks. Why not call their stocks complex investments as well? I believe simply informing clients of the risks, as our firm does with all the investments we sell, should suffice with any risk disclosure. We
I believe FINRA's proposed limits try to address a problem that does not exist. Retail investors should have the freedom to decide what to do with their money and Direxion does a great job with several resources in their website to inform us about the risks of leverage investments.
I understand well what the risks are of investing in leveraged ETFs and they have made me a better investor
How are we (the public retail) supposed to believe any information reported is accurate, when fines for breaking any rules take years to resolve and are minuscule when compared to the money that is being made off of defrauding the little guy? When the people lying are friends with the people who are supposed to keep them in check, all it takes is a little kick back to make it all go away. Lame or
I have been investing using leveraged and inverse funds for some time now. These funds allow me to protect my portfolio without going to a pure cash position when the fed creates a downturn in the economic cycle. It has been especially critical in the last 9 months. The government will also lose taxes on these gains when the markets are in a decline if restrictions are put in place. I already
I should be able to choose public investments that are right for me, and these investments should be available to all of the public. I should not have to go through a special process or test to invest in inverse and leveraged funds. I understand their risks well - information on them is widely available. Leveraged and inverse funds are an important part of my investing approach, allowing me to
