(a) Each member shall promptly report to FINRA, but in any event not later than 30 calendar days, after the member knows or should have known of the existence of any of the following:
(1) the member or an associated person of the member:
(A) has been found to have violated any securities-, insurance-, commodities-, financial- or investment-related laws, rules, regulations or standards of conduct
I got a letter from Proshare urging me to oppose FINRA regulatory notice 22-08 and I almost submitted my public comments but decided to actually read the FINRA notice first. It was an eye-opener to say the least. I am an educated and experienced trader who understands the risks of complex instruments such as inverse funds, leveraged funds, options etc. But the examples FINRA shared of
I got a letter from Proshare urging me to oppose FINRA regulatory notice 22-08 and I almost submitted my public comments but decided to actually read the FINRA notice first. It was an eye-opener to say the least. I am an educated and experienced trader who understands the risks of complex instruments such as inverse funds, leveraged funds, options etc. But the examples FINRA shared of
Options are far more dangerous than leveraged ETFs for multiple reasons (e.g. time decay with options whereas one can hold ones "too soon" leveraged positions until market conditions change) and youre proposing this? Makes no sense. Please leave we the investor make own decisions. Politicians should not restrict the freedom of the little guy while only benefiting the privileged
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This is proposal is another fine example of government intervention where none is needed. I know that this proposal is written by special interest groups driven by their profit motivation not for the best interest of the public. No one is going to invest in a leveraged fund unless they know what they are investing in. In no way should regulations require that investors go through any special
As a small business owner and someone who enjoys directing my own investments, I want to comment on the proposed regulation of leveraged and inverse funds. Leveraged funds make up a small, but important part, of my investment strategy. These funds are not difficult to understand nor are their potential risks and benefits. My investment strategy is conservative but leveraged funds give me an
I like having the ability to invest in leveraged funds. I do not want this option taken away, or limited by some gate-keeper that gets to decide what I do with my money.
These are calculated risks I take and provides me choices for high growth.
I understand that we're trying to protect uninformed people, but you can't solve this by showing people pages of text before they trade
We should be allowed to invest in funds we like to invest. all regulator should make sure that funds disclose their investment practice clearly and funds are not doing any fraud or providing miss information to investor. regulators should not discriminate small investors but provide all exceptions to big investors assuming they are very well educated and risk aware.. infect big investors are on
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I urge FINRA to continue with the existing policy that allows leveraged inverse funds to be treated as any other publicly tradable ETF fund.
Individual investors/retail investors should have the freedom of choice to engage in risky, short-term heavy assets.
The risks are already communicated in existing shareholder comms and broker dealings. Also most investors in these funds