I believe the investor should be made aware and fully accept responsibility for the additional risk of leveraged and inverse ETFs, which is achievable by a succinct attestation before trading. I believe the additional pre-requisites deter investors from these types of investment vehicles and therefore cost them significant growth potential.
Investors should not face additional regulation for any securities or leveraged securities. I have had tremendous success with owning leveraged securities of many types. All investments are currently purchased at our own risk and we dont need any test or further regulations to do so.
Regulate wall street not main street. You are just adding extra hoops for retail traders to jump through. If a retail trader wants to take on a lot of risk, they will find a way to do it. You are not protecting anyone. This will just widen the gap between the average investor and institutional investors.
I shouldn't have to go through any special process before I can invest in public securities using vehicles like leveraged and inverse funds. I am fully capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds and their risks. I do not need nor want these measures you are trying to impose.
Leveraged and inverse funds are important to my investment strategies. They protect my investments enhance returns and I understand how they work and their risks. I do not need these measures imposed on me. I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and they should be available to all of the public not just the privileged.
The gambling of Wall Street must end. The entire world economy is at risk from the gambling of a few bad actors. Company's can be destroyed by dark money pools short selling and pushing down stock prices rather than their ability to perform for its clients and in the market place.
We as individual investors need to have equal opportunity to invest like the pros and would like for us to have access to these leveraged funds. We as individual investors assume these risks of higher losses also and the ability to use leveraged funds should not be taken away from us.
its important for me to invest in TQQQ, SOXL and LABU which allows me to invest 1/3 the amount I usually have to invest so I am not taking any extra risk. Instead of investing 10000, I can invest 3333.33 and get same return. Thanks Kalpesh Patel
Stop trying to regulate retail investors. Information regarding these securities and other more complex investments is readily available. Nobody forces me to buy leveraged funds and the risks are well documented. You need to worry more about the investment whales that constantly manipulate the daily charts!!
It's on the diligence of the investor to know what they are investing in. If you believe buying and selling leveraged ETF's is too risky for investors what about regular stocks? Should retail investors take tests to see if they can trade public securities? The market is speculation, there is always risk.