Restricting use of leveraged and inverse ETF's is a step in the wrong direction. Individual investors need tools to help manage risk as much as industry insiders and the wealthy. I use them as a tool to hedge my portfolio. As the market retreated, I put a small percentage, about 2% - 3%, into some of these instruments to decrease my downside. The leveraged ETF's allow me to use a
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Chairman Sarbanes, Ranking Member Gramm, members of the Senate Banking Committee, thank you for this opportunity to testify today on the vital, troubling and timely issues of investor protection and accounting highlighted by the collapse of Enron. It would be hard to overstate the human tragedy for Enron’s employees, pension-holders and investors caused by the failure of America’s seventh largest company.
Requirements of NASD Rule 2420 to broker/dealer arrangement to pay certain commissions and SEC Rule 12b-1 fees to accounts of various employee benefit plan customers.
Leveraged ETF/ETNs do pose risks most retail investors do not understand. However, retail investors that understand the risks should not be barred from utilizing these very useful assets. Broker-dealers should require due diligence in line with that of margin approval and options approval. Specific arguments for this approach include:
1. An investor can lose 100% of their investment in a
I currently invest in BITO to diversify my portfolio risk so that I'm not too concentrated in any one asset class. Taking away this ability would only hurt me and countless others.
Investing should be a level playing field for everybody. Requiring certain account balance thresholds is completely unfair.
I oppose regulation #22-08. It will be a travisty to take away my ability to manage my investments with the instruments this regulation intends to limit.
Those very instruments have protected my assets time and time again. With current market conditions, they are needed now more than ever!
I ask that FINRA not enact this regulation.
Exchange-traded products (ETPs) including exchange-traded funds (ETFs), exchange-traded notes (ETNs), and commodity and currency ETPs have surged in popularity over the last decade. Risks vary for each product, with some types of ETPs exposing investors to both complexity and significant danger of losses. Volatility-linked ETPs are one such example.
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Each member designated to the National Association of
These type of investments are critical to attain capital preservation.
