As a holder of inverse and leveraged products, I SUPPORT this measure, as ProShares and other financial services company prey on us individual, "retail" investors, and take advantage of our lack of knowledge through their own manipulation and complex wording. FINRA is on the side of the consumer, and even as a consumer who holds products that are in danger of being excluded, it is for
Investors are already warned enough on leveraged ETFs that there is no reason for additional regulations and warnings for individual retail investors. Investors should be able to risk their hard earned money in ways they see fit for themselves. Individuals should have a right to use financial products they see fit to use in order to achieve their short term financial goals. Adding additional
Investors are already warned enough on leveraged ETFs that there is no reason for additional regulations and warnings for individual retail investors. Investors should be able to risk their hard earned money in ways they see fit for themselves. Individuals should have a right to use financial products they see fit to use in order to achieve their short term financial goals. Adding additional
I do not want to have my ability to select whatever public investments that are right for me diminished or restricted.
While I tend to be a conservative investor, the use of leveraged or inverse funds at times has been of value in my portfolio.
While I am not a financial novice and currently am engaged in developing financial models for ICT networks in many countries, Having to pass some type of
1.) Limiting investment opportunities to those with high net worth is inherently un-American and is borderline predatory on those who would be excluded from making these investment plays.
2.) Leveraged and inverse funds are crucial to my short and long term investment strategies. Information and notices are provided with these, and should continue to be. Expanding information requirements is a
This is ridiculous, there are already disclosures and warnings most, if not all, brokerages make available to customers prior to accepting leveraged trades. Quit wasting tax payer dollars on this type of garbage. If anything, have investors take a free online education course on leveraged funds. Your [REDACTED] proposal discriminates against the poor and has no consideration for their financial
Summary
FINRA reminds firms to evaluate their exposure to LIBOR (formerly, the London Interbank Offered Rate), and review their preparedness to manage LIBOR’s phase-out. To understand how firms are preparing for that phase-out, FINRA surveyed a representative cross-section of member firms, including some firms with significant trading volume or positions in LIBOR-linked securities. This Notice
1. The most neglected field in investor education is equity market manipulation. New retail investors should be informed about perpetual option fail-to-delivers, married-puts, shorting via exchange-traded-funds, off-exchange trading and selling synthetic shares to manipulate a stock's price. 2. From a retail investor's perspective: An open forum where individual users can share investor
I do not agree with the regulations that are being propose for Leverage or inverse ETFs. They are an investment tool that have produce great results for me and my family. This regulations could hurt my ability to make money with these tools. 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
I was a previous financial advisor. We became heavily regulated back in the day. The rules are in place and I understand, however when you infringe on peoples personal rights to invest by taking it a step further with the rules and regs already in place, now you are constitutionally wrong with the publics freedom to make fair choices on their personal investments and limiting them in this
