I have been investing in leveraged funds for over 10 years and I am aware of the risks. Leveraged funds help my portfolio perform better with higher returns. I do not need any classes or tests or certificates to trade these funds. If you do then you should make every single investor in the market do the same.
My option to use inverse funds should never be altered or removed. I should always have the right to participate in making those decisions about market participation on my own
So you want me to lose all of my money! How am I supposed to retire!!!!
I have been investing in leveraged funds over past 15 years. Any change in rule is going to affect my ability to come ahead from my losses. In the event any change should happen, FINRA should cover all my losses. I do have advanced education in science and math, fully capable of understanding the mathematical risk involved. If these tools are available only privileged ones, FINRA would be making
This kind of leverage is vital for investors to protect ourselves and enable us to hold stocks which we might need to sell otherwise and lose out on the capital gains tax. When stocks are down or we see them going down we can leverage with inverse tickers such as VIX and maintain our holdings which in turn creates a more stable stock market which is better for the investor and the companies and
Dear FINRA, It has been brought to my attention by my brokerage firm that your regulatory agency is considering stripping me of my right to invest my money as I see fit. I do not believe you should choose what equities or funds in which I can invest or whether or not I take a long or short position in those equities or funds. Furthermore, do not require me to take some course that you develop to
There is no reason individual investors should be denied access to an efficient vehicle of ownership of an entire asset class. Forcing individuals to seal with complex futures and/or expensive and risky crypto exchanges only deepens the gulf in access between inst. (wealthy) and indiv. (middle class) investors. Per federal law, it is legal for any US citizen to own crypto currency. If there are
I would like to choose the public investments that are right for me without any restrictions. I am capable of understanding funds such as Funds Selling Short and their risks.
It is very important that we have freedom to decide for ourselves and our families how to invest our own money.
I - not regulators – should be able to choose the public
investments that are right for me and my family.
Public investments should be available to ALL of the
public, not just the privileged.
• I shouldn't have to go through any special process
like passing a test before I can invest in public securities,
like leveraged and inverse funds. I am quite capable of
