To whom it may concern,
Regarding the disturbing news that you are going to start regulating and possibly preventing me from purchasing some publicly available leveraged ETF's, I wanted to relay my opposition to such a plan. I have several of these holdings in my retirement and taxable accounts and am fully aware of the risks and significant swings along with the market. Have you seen
My primary concern with this notice is the following statement: "whether the current regulatory framework, which was adopted at a time when the majority of individuals accessed financial products through financial professionals, rather than through self-directed platforms, is appropriately tailored to address current concerns raised by complex products and options." The concern is that
Gentlemen, I am puzzled! Wall Street already has a clear advantage over the retail investor on multiple fronts including and not limited to, research, software, the speed of execution, inside information and in politics. Let us not forget the Robinhood fiasco the past year which was just one example of how markets are manipulated and front-run against the individual investor. Knowing these facts
There should be zero limitations on investment. FINRA should roll back the draconian private company investment rules and leave the public markets alone. Inevitably these regulations will discourage investment. Options are not always a gambling vehicle, they are used as a hedge by investors and you know this. Specifying an income or net worth is asinine. Leave the markets alone. Every person
Everything should be reported daily. it is now 2021... There is no reason there is a "T+ anything" for reporting. It's all tabulated via computer and should be available immediately for review... these rules are ancient and do not reflect the level automation we are surrounded by in our everyday lives... I can make an ACH deposit from a bank across the world and have it show up in
To whom it may concern, I would like to voice my concerns regarding the following: Naked short selling High frequency trading algorithms Payment for order flow Dark pools Over the course of 2021, meme stocks have made quite a splash in financial markets and exposed what would constitute fraud for the average person, but turns into "savvy investing" for financial institutions. The
I have been managing my own investments for 35 years. I was trained at the graduate level to do this, but was never employed in the financial services industry.
Leveraged and inverse, open and closed funds, are useful instruments. In appropriate circumstances, I use these instruments. They are especially helpful for generating routine income (in retirement) and setting up hedges.
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Nothing has ever been fixed by a slap on the wrist. Nothing will change. All of these comments will amount to nothing. The media is manipulated. The market maker and hedge fund are one in the same. The payment of order flow is anything but fair. Brokerages like Robinhood are in the pockets of citadel quite literally. $10,000 was stolen from me because I chose to take a stand against corruption.
The revelations of opacity around short selling, trade settlement, and unlit off-exchange trading is deeply troubling and an abomination to the ideals of free and transparent capital markets. The delay and self reporting of short interest, coupled with lack of meaningful deterrents like imprisonment or material fines (fining Robinhood $70 million for their role in the January Gamestop shenanigans
I've been trading and investing for nearly ten years. This is not the first time I've seen proposed restrictions to leverage ETF trading. I'm disappointed to see this coming up again. The last time it appeared was around the same time the crypto market was starting. Given the size, mess, and potential for fraud and chaos that crypto is presenting I find it infuriating