Summary
Many investment companies provide sales charge discounts and waivers on their products for customers in certain circumstances described in their product offering documents (e.g., prospectuses or statements of additional information). These include volume-based discounts, such as breakpoints and waivers, on mutual fund exchanges. Failure to apply these discounts or waivers correctly may
FINRA published its 2024 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report, formerly known as the Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program. The report provides member firms with key insights and observations from recent activities of FINRA’s regulatory operations to use in strengthening their compliance programs.
Hello - It has been brought to my attention that FINRA is considering taking action against "complex products" which include leveraged and inverse funds. Leveraged funds are important to my investment strategy. I use them as a limited part of my portfolio with the goal of seeking enhanced returns. It should be my option to choose which investments are right for me and my family. I'
Hello FINRA, I have been using leveraged ETF's in my portfolio using a strategy based on an algorithm that helps me decide when to buy and sell and I have been successful using this strategy. I have a firm belief that I, not the regulators should be able to choose the investments that are right for myself and my family. Public investments should be available to all of the public,
1. Leverage to the extreme has gotten us into a lot of financial problems ... people, companies, cities, states, the country as a whole and the world. Mortgages with no money down (total leverage), 5X and 10X leverage bond products sold prior to the 2008 crash or 3X funds for stocks or commodities.
Often, when these investments break down, the issuers get off with a slap on the hand and the
Regulation, in almost every instance of its implementation has never been what it has been sold as. It is almost never to protect investors and almost always serve the self interest of those regulating it like a Trading platform removing a buy button from specific stocks.
There are thousands of sources of information for investors to research and understand these complex inverse ETFS. The only
Dear regulators,
While I appreciate the concern about investor's wellbeing behind this potential move, the outright prohibition or hindering access to these instruments would have, in my honest opinion, just the opposite effect to that desired.
Leveraged and inverse funds are a core piece of the investment strategy of many small investors like me, that use them not in a reckless way but
I OPPOSE RESTRICTIONS TO MY RIGHT TO INVEST. I, not regulators, should get to choose the public investments that are right for my investment strategies. Public investments should be available to all, not the select privileged. I oppose requirements of regulator-imposed tests, sharing private financial information, obtaining special permission, and any and all other restrictions on leveraged/
Comments: As part of a long-term, diversified portfolio, a minor portion of my holdings lie in leveraged ETFs. The largest risk associated with these leveraged funds equates to nothing more than simple mathematics. An additional risk, which has already proven true in the past for other financial tools, is the prohibition of the common investor and trader from the use of these instruments.
I am
Hello FINRA,
Understand you make rules for betterment. I came to know you are changing the rules for Leveraged and Inverse ETFs and making it hard for common people to invest.
I am 61 years old and heavily invested in these ETF's as they provide better return and looking forward to my retirement. I do understand the risks involved and these days everything is detailed on internet and
