Hello, I am a retail investor who regularly buys and sells leveraged index fund products. I trade these funds based on a strategy I have developed with great research and care, and know full well the risks involved. Leveraged index funds provide retail investors access to position-sizing and diversification strategies that would be too onerous for such investors to implement themselves.
I should have the right to be able to choose the public investment that suits me. It would be unfair that public investment should be open to all members of the public, not just the privileged. I understand the risks of leveraged and inverse funds in my investing process. I'm also operating while I can take the risk myself, and regulators don't need to impose restrictions.
I would like to request that FINRA not restrict our ability to purchase leveraged and inverse funds.
Modern Portfolio Theory postulates that our main resource for profit is a function of risk. Almost any investment can have its risk dialed up or down to meet our financial needs.
So, it is prudent to allow all investors the ability to decide for themselves and take personal responsibility for
Limiting investors ability to invest in leveraged ETFs and funds and having to prove high-net worth and presuming that equates to understanding risk and investment knowledge is unnecessary. Investors are widespread and have to be responsible for their investment decisions. Taking away the opportunity from people who do understand the risks is thievery. It's like telling a person who's
It is imperatively important that investors can choose the public investments they want to invest in. These investments should be available to all public investors, not just the privileged ones. I am capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds and their risks and have been investing for many years. I do not need your regulations imposed on me. My trading investment activities are my
This is to respectfully request that you DO NOT apply blanket and arbitrary rules that restricts investors access to publicly listed and traded securities. All investing incurs risk. Rules such as these could actually enhance liability as it implies other investments are "safe". Should investors assume "ZOOM" was a "safe, non-leveraged investment?
To whom it may concern,
I'm writing this to voice my concern about the recent proposed legislation to restrict retail investors like myself from participating from LEVERAGED AND INVERSE FUNDS. I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family. Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the elites. I shouldn't have to
I believe investors should be able to choose what investments that they want to invest in. I used these investments as a hedge for my portfolio. I do think that the acknowledgement of risk and investment experience should play a role in whether investors can invest in leveraged products, but the approval process should be similar to the process for getting approval to trade stock options. It
I am opposed to the proposed rules adding restrictions on purchases of leveraged investment products for individual investors. Individual investors should have the ability to choose what strategies to utilize and the equities they purchase. Investing with leveraged and inverse ETFs provides me the ability to take advantage of market movement and sector activity without risk of concentrating into
Comments: To: FINRA,
I have been an active trader for many years using Leveraged and Inverse (L&I) Funds fairly successfully. I understand their limitations and risks from various literature/warnings and from my own experience. I strongly suggest that investors and brokerage firms do not need additional regulations to effectively use L&I Funds. This would only make these