These leveraged investment vehicles are important to my portfolio.
This is an unjust move to limit flexibilities and insurance for our future and retirement. Inverse funds help those of us who do not have millions and cannot gain access to our 401K to safeguard it from the market crashing. I understand that it is a risk to invest in inverse funds; however, that is a risk that I understand, and I am willing to make. There is risk in any investment. It's a
It is absolutely shocking to me that, having ignored the egregious behavior by so-called advisors towards their clients (specifically because FINRA has NOT insisted they act as sworn fiduciaries), FINRA now wants to tell individual investors making informed decisions on their own what they can and cannot do. These are existing, publicly traded securities (vs things like PRIVATE REITS, SPACS, etc
I feel it is unfair and discriminatory to limit what people are allowed to invest in, while allowing others to have the investment capability Based on their income or who they are associated.
Regulators should not be able to limit which investments are right for me or my family. It is not the government's role to determine what is best for me. I am responsible for my actions and take full responsibility for all investment decisions and strategies that I may take. Please stop trying to save us from ourselves and, by doing so, denying us freedom of choice and access to
Do not regulate what securities I can choose to trade in. I use TD Ameritrade because I want the freedom to invest in any stock that I want, period!!
I am firmly against these proposed restrictions on trading leveraged investments by the general public by imposing more regulations. People should have the freedom to trade what they want to trade. This would benefit the large traders and give them unfair advantage over the smaller traders by restricting the market.
As an educated individual investor, I should be able to make investment decisions that are right for me and my family. I have a bachelors in engineering and a MBA. I shouldn't have to go through a special test before I can invest in public securities such as inverse and leveraged funds.
Leveraged and inverse funds are important part of my investment strategies. I use both leverage
Dear FINRA,
I have used leveraged ETFs as core parts of my investment and retirement portfolios. They are extremely efficient and liquid, and allow me to use less cash. For example, if I have $100 to invest, I can invest $50 in the 2X S&P 500 ETF and invest my $50 cash in U.S. Treasuries. I still get 100% exposure to the US stock market and can make extra return on the cash for my
Restricting access versus possibly increasing margin requirement seems to be the better route.
