Good morning, It is my understanding that there are proposed restrictions on individuals using leveraged and inverse ETFs investment instruments. My use of ETFs offer me diversity, liquidity and income. The ETFs invest in a large number of stock which spread risk. The active ones also trade millions of shares per day which offer the ability to sell shares quickly and because of their volume the
I do not need the Federal government to protect me from my own financial decisions, nor should the Federal government impose restrictions on anyone else's investment decisions. Stop assuming all Americans are stupid and in need of protection from themselves.
The decision on whether or not an inverse or leveraged product be available to an investor ought to rest solely with the investor. Any investor who would be willing to use such products is well aware of the risks and can make their own financial decisions. These are complicated products that the retail trader would not use. To be able to properly invest in financial markets requires extensive
Enough with the greed and self- serving. Once again that's what this is about. People should have their own choice to decide and be able to benefit from that.
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. Leveraged and inverse funds are important to your investment strategies.
Inverse funds are an important investment vehicle that should be made and kept available to the average investor. They offer investors the ability to hedge other investments and protect themselves from adverse market moves. To remove this tool from investors would be short sighted and negatively impact the average investor by not allowing this tool for them but to continue to allow it for high
What happened to capitalism???
All investing or trading is an educated guess, it is all still making a bet on what stock, commodity or the market will do. If we were in Las Vegas it would be educated gambling. I have personally had JDST, JNUG, DUST and NUGT in my portfolio. I and others I know trade these types of investments, some doing it as day traders for at least the last 5 years. When the next recession hits, it would be
Individual investors (retail traders) should be allowed access to the full range of hedging products that are offered in the market place. Hedging a long term retirement portfolio is just as legitimate as any other market participant
