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Investing began for the everyday person to own part of a company while helping to fund it's growth. All these proposed "little laws" that are created to create a bigger chasm between the rich and the not so rich, just reveal how transparently you try to keep the people" down.
Investing is a personal choice. Stop trying to keep my financial situation in dire
Demetrios (“J”) Koutros is Senior Vice President of Member Supervision’s Operations, Procedures, and Standards group. Mr. Koutros has been integral to the operation and execution of the Risk Monitoring and Examinations regulatory programs since joining FINRA in 2005. In his current role, Mr. Koutros oversees the implementation of and adherence to procedures, controls and standards for
Ordinary investors have very little ways to protect themselves against bear or declining markets, and inverse ETFs provide that opportunity. Hedging is absolutely necessary to protect ordinary Americans' hard-earned gains. To take that away or leave it to only the richest is outrageous. I urge you to stop this overreach into Americans' financial affairs, and to continue to allow
We should be able to choose the public investments that are best for us. Leveraged and inverse funds are important for our
investment strategies. A "cooling off" period destroys such strategies and causes unnecessary sales and other "knock-on" financial consequences. The existing extremely high margin requirements are sufficient for ensuring that those with
I am a retired investor. I use these leveraged funds occasionally to lower my risk profile. I use them not to "make money" but as an effort to dampen volatility. I was heavily invested in these funds in 2008 financial crisis and they saved my portfolio from real economic damage. These funds are not complicated and any investor should be able to easily understand how they work.
Please do not prevent me from using financial instruments that give me 2x and 3x exposure to index products. They provide a safer way to hedge my portfolio than going short specific things that are much more highly priced and my potential losses are completely known to me unlike a flat out short position. Sincerely ,Wayne Rhody
Dear Overactive Regulators -
I'm a big boy. I can read a prospectus. Please don't place any further obstacles in my path as I attempt to navigate the toxic economic environment the government has created. If you want to restrict the actions of people who do not have a basic understanding of economics and financial markets, please start with Congress. It is a target rich
Comments:The wide use of leveraged ETF offer me the complexity of investment features not found anywhere else. i have the broad knowledge and financial understanding of how these investments work and have utilized them for decades to benefit both me and the clients i serve in my investment management practice. I ask that new rules not be implimented, doing so will not dissuade an investor from
