People should have the ability to protect themselves in cases of market downturns. People understand insurance against unforeseen events. A market downturn just when you need your money is a serious event. People need to be able to buy protection against that. Also, there is plenty of information made available to investors about these funds. The average investor should understand it well enough
I oppose any restrictions on my trading / investing activity. Leveraged and inverse funds are just a fraction of my overall portfolio but play an important role. With the proper rebalancing they can be used as a long term investment. It's easily to learn about leveraged ETF's online or with books. Let the free market decide if leveraged funds are worthy of existing without regulations.
The public should have the unfettered right to invest at will in inverse funds and leveraged funds and other market traded vehicles. There should be no special training or net worth gates applied.
The insiders, inside firms and big brokerages already have huge advantages in speed, concealment of trading in dark pools, and the ability to short investments easily.
The general public should be able
I use leveraged ETFs as a part of my portfolio. I have spent a lot of time understanding the behavior and increased volatility of these funds. I think it's important that I have access to the same securities as any privileged investors in order to have access to the same kinds of returns on my portfolio. I understand that different investments have different risks. I prefer the risks
The use of inverse and leveraged funds are a part of my investment strategy. Current regulations and requirements that are in place are proper and necessary. The brokerages are required to warn of the inherent risks as well as obtain written statements from clients that these risks are understood and accepted. LEAVE THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE. STOP TRYING TO SQUASH THE INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR. The
The use of inverse and leveraged funds is an important instrument allowing me to be able to keep the majority of my portfolio goals long term. They support my returns during volatility and many times have greatly enhanced my returns over a short period of time. I use them sparingly, yet they ARE VERY IMPORTANT in my strategies. Buyer beware is in every aspect of our lives, those who get burned
Leave these investment funds unregulated, open and free to all investors. It is up to us as investors to determine our own levels of risk vs. return possibility and we as investors in these funds are responsible for any and all of the outcomes from these investments. Personally, inverse ETF funds are my only vehicle to short markets due to retirement account restrictions. Eliminating my access
I disagree with further retail investor limitations. There are countless resources available for retail investors to utilize in order to learn about leveraged ETFs and other complex investments. Additionally, these investments pose no greater financial risk than any other individual stock investment, which, if the last 2 years have shown us anything, can be even more volatile than cryptocurrency/
Please do NOT restrict my ability to trade leveraged and/or inverse funds. Inverse funds, particularly, are a way for small investors to protect themselves against market declines. Most of us can't afford to short stocks or Index funds, so inverse funds are the only way to profit in a down market. Taking away that option is a terrible idea. In addition, leveraged funds are a great help for
I've been investing in the stock markets, bond market, I've traded options and futures as well as currencies for 4 decades, and I do not want to be limited in any way as it relates to investing for example in the stock market if I decide I want to leverage long or short positions or use inverse funds to reach my investment goals. I've been doing this for over 40 years now, and I