Over the past 20 years millions of small investors have chosen to make their own investment decisions, and have invested time and money into EDUCATION. It's very clear that wealth has been consolidated .... to an unprecedented level ... and that trend is just continuing. Are leveraged and inverse ETFs risky investments? Surely they are. But with earnings (EPS) at nearly record levels,
I am adamantly against the regulations imposed re: 22-08.
"The availability of complex products and options can potentially expand the investment opportunities for retail investors and, if properly understood, offer favorable investment outcomes (e.g., enhancing returns, limiting losses or improving diversification)."
Why is there any desire to take such an offering away, or
Dear FINRA,
Public investments should be available to all of the public NOT just the PRIVILEDGED.I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me.
I am very capable of understanding investments and the risk. I shouldn't have to go through any special process of test taking before investing in leveraged and inverse funds. I have done my own research and am very
All of that should already be in place. Synthetic shorts are an illegal practice anyways, so reporting them would just oust the form doing them thus implicating them in a crime. But yes they should be reported; As the amount of synthetic shares could and most like does in fact dwarf the actual share count of a particular stock if the hedge funds are trying to bankrupt them. Examples being
Dear FINRA,
Public investments should be available to all of the public NOT just the PRIVILEDGED. I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me.
I am very capable of understanding investments and the risk. I shouldn't have to go through any special process of test taking before investing in leveraged and inverse funds. I have done my own research and are very
Dear FINRA, Thank you in advance for hearing me out. I oppose regulation that would require testing, verification of net worth, broker approvals, paused trading periods, and other burdens that would inhibit my ability to control my investments and financial future. Hedge funds and inverse funds are an important part of my portfolio and allow me to protect my retirement portfolio. Additional
I am an individual investor who essentially manages my own portfolio. I use individual stocks, mutual funds, ETFs and KNOW THAT IT IS MY OWN RESPONSIBILITY to do my OWN homework and KNOW my investment choices including the risks and potential rewards. I also use leveraged ETFs where I CONSIDER APPROPIATE and DO NOT WANT ANY ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS AND EXTRA STEPS IN THE BUYING AND SELLING PROCESS
I have invested and traded in stocks, mutual funds, ETFs, put and call options, leveraged and inverse securities, futures, gold and silver for 61 years. The US markets have grown and prospered because of innovation. When a market fails to meet the needs of participants, that market goes away on it's own.
The huge volume of shares traded in some leveraged securities is substantial
I oppose restrictions to my right to invest in Proshares. Investing in any stocks should be allowed to for our future ,with Inverse funds to invest for the public levels the playing field. If you all wanted to get rid of our oppertunity to invest in Proshares, you should of placed restrictions on them in 2008 when you all new the market would be going up for 14 years and Proshares were going down
I have no problem with shorting a stock. I do believe that is healthy for the market. I’d like to see naked short selling have much more severe penalties. Penalties that would make institutions think twice about doing it. Naked short selling is killing retail and leaving a huge black eye on our beautiful capitalist economy. It’s no secret that it’s done, it’s done on such a massive scale that I
