I believe it's each investors responsibility to understand risk of their investment and each institution to provide investment vehicle. It's regulators' responsibility to ensure investment institutions to disclose risk information properly so that individual investors understand the risk they are take. But it's wrong for the government to put regulation in
You need to place your attention towards all of the congressmen who have access to insider trading they all leave office as millionaires...so go get them to make a fair playing field and lay off the American investor who knows the risks....so leave us alone and allow the market to have both ProShares and Ishares without you sticking your noses in and allow our marketplace to remain an open
To the FINRA Regulators,
One of the greatest developments in modern American history is the democratization of investing and the ensuing freedom for individual investors to save, invest, and trade freely on an open market. Inverse and leveraged funds allow retail investors to enhance their trading and investing strategies with straightforward and low cost options that are fully explained in the
The Fixed Income Mark-up Disclosure section of the 2019 Report on Exam Findings informs member firms’ compliance programs by describing recent findings and observations from FINRA’s examinations, and, in certain cases, also providing a summary of effective practices.
We live in very uncertain and volatile economic times. Leveraged ETF's give many people the ability to better their financial lives with some knowledge and skill as we steer through these incredibly volatile times. This can level the playing field and help to better individuals and family's financial wellbeing. Existing laws are already in place to protect people with the use
To whom it may concern, Although regulations within a society are important, I disagree with regulators limiting an individual's ability to choose publicly traded investments. Leveraged and inverse funds carry increased risks, but it is an individual's right to invest in them. As an individual, I am perfectly capable of understanding these types of funds, however, if I choose to invest
I know what I am doing in investing. Government has NO BUSINESS budding into my financial affairs under the guise of 'protecting me'. I should not have to go through special process. You are not my Mom or Dad. I am more informed, MBA PhD than most of your regulators. I have invested in leveraged funds successfully for over 30 years. I do not need government (uneducated) to educate me or
Most people get that investing is risky. If they passed high school, they'll have learned about things like the Great Depression where people lost everything on their stock investments. If anything, the burden should be on the organizations doing a fundraise to provide all the information that people need to make smart decisions and establish that they aren't going to pull the
Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to provide feedback regarding potential new security regulations. It is very important to the public that we maintain free and unincumbered securities markets. That means, yes, sometimes we may lose money on investments, but it is critical to protect the rights and abilities of investors' and individuals' to freely choose which
Comments: I find the recent discussions about leveraged funds silly. It's been discussed in detail on various online forums how leveraged funds are good for short term trading, and are also fine for long term investment *provided* the investor is sufficiently informed about the rules. See, for example, the famous "hedgefundie adventure." Yes, there is volatility drag,
