I use leveraged products as part of my portfolio and I am well aware of the risks they carry. Leverage products such as UPRO and TQQQ can be used effectively as a component of a broader investment strategy and should not be restricted from public retail investors because some decide not to properly educate themselves on the risk they carry. It is important for individual citizens to have the
I am a 74-year-old conservative and cautious investor who has successfully used triple-leveraged ETF's during the last nine years to provide supplemental income for retirement. I and my 69-year-old wife do not live extravagant lifestyles, but these EFT investments have allowed us to live a middle-class life in retirement. However, if the freedom to use these investments was taken away
"Complex products" are a valuable resource for investors for diversification of investment strategy and risk mitigation that should be available to all investors. The notice tries to draw parallels between option trading and "complex products", but there is a significant difference in the level of leverage and potential financial exposure between these
TO: All NASD Members and Level 2 and Level 3 Subscribers
On Tuesday, August 5, 1986, 52 issues are scheduled to join the NASDAQ National Market System, bringing the total number of issues in NASDAQ/NMS to 2,505. These 52 issues, which will begin trading under real-time trade reporting, are entering NASDAQ/NMS pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission's criteria for voluntary
(a) Member Application Process
(1) Definitions
(A) "Associated Person"
Solely for purposes of paragraph (a) of this Rule, the term "associated person" means any: (1) sole proprietor, partner, officer, director or manager of a funding portal, or other natural person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions; (2) natural person directly
To whom it may concern,
It should be a right not a privilege to invest in cryptos, etfs, and other financial vehicles. Creating tests to disqualify certain individuals is a form of elitism, which we have enough of already in this corporate state of America. Crypto should be considered a valid form of investing, and even the little guys should get a shot at getting in early, and diversifying their
I am not opposed to additional disclosures. However onerous requirements on net worth or certifications will only keep the poorest among us distant from complex financial tool and lead to increase the disparity between rich and poor. Given the long term results of one of the most popular leveraged etf,TQQQ, this really seems like a ploy that helps the wealthy by limiting the upward mobility of
I'm a long term leveraged ETF investor. I believe in the US economy and the leveraged ETF is the best way to gain a financial freedom. I, as an individual, should have the right to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family. The leveraged ETFs provide a simple way to invest and it works for the people like me who doesn't want to learn the complicated option plays
I am writing to oppose increased restrictions on investing in leveraged and inverse funds. I believe that these publicly traded securities should be available to all participants and not just the privileged elite. Im perfectly capable of understanding the risks of investing in these funds and do so as a part of a diversified portfolio (ranging from defined benefit pension, target date funds, and
I was a financial advisor for 35 years (brokercheck.org).
The damage you have already done to the industry is the reason why so many individual investors have lost so much money during the current bear market and will lose so much more before it ends.
Your regulations have basically forced advisors to place clients into 60/40 plain vanilla portfolios that are being decimated by rising interest
