Inverse and Leveraged funds are an important part of ability to protect my portfolio. In down markets such as currently exists, in which the markets begin falling overnikght or in the free makret and acceIetate to downside the funds provide important day to day portfolio insurance without taking the much more extreme risk of short selling. In additiion, in strong bull markets the leveraged
I am disturbed and appalled to hear that FINRA is planning to prohibit my ability to invest in leveraged and inverse funds. I adamantly oppose to any regulator deciding how I should invest! I am angered by this arrogant and tyrannical effort to restrict how a consumer should invest his/her money. This is a clear and coordinated attack on the retail consumer to place the wealthy at a clear
Scott Watts
RR, IAR
Arlington Securities Inc.
RE: Proposed regulations on sale and use of leveraged and inverse funds.
Position: Against the regulations.
Use of leveraged and inverse funds (these funds) by our firm is limited to certain customers and certain situations.
For instance, currently there is a market correction occurring. A certain portion and profile of clients benefit rotating in and
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SummaryFINRA has amended FINRA Rule 4210 (Margin Requirements) to establish a specified exception under the margin rules with respect to certain short option or warrant positions on indexes that are written against products that track the same underlying index. Referred to as “protected” option or warrant positions, the new exception conforms with similar provisions Cboe recently adopted. The
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