Remember back when we used to say "it's a free country"? Remember back when our guiding mantra was personal responsibility? It's not too late to recover the essence of American freedom. That means LESS regulation, not more. Wealthy financial institutions may have convinced you that we plebs are too unsophisticated to make good decisions, but even if that was true, it wouldn
Regulators need to stop dictating what we as investors can and cannot due. The proposed regulations in rule 22-08 are akin to discriminatory voting test or other suppression tactics which have been used to disenfranchise broad demographic groups. All investments should be open to all. Regulations cannot protect us from ourselves. Restricting certain investments to high-wealth individuals or other
I have been trading complex products for 12 years, I am profitable and dont need you interfering in my financial future. If you wanna make me sign a piece of paper saying that I have read about the dangers, well, that is probably a good idea for the general public. So I dont mind. But do not force me into cool down., When I have complex options to protect me from any losing positions, your
Comments: As an active private investor I understand the criticality of having access to inverse and leveraged ETFs. These products enable long term, full cycle investors to take advantage of short-term trends across multiple market segments, providing diversification and risk management of my portfolio. I would hope that FINRA allows for an expansion of these types of investing products in the
Comments: To whom it may concern . My broker keeps me very informed of the risks that ETF holds . Unless you are going to come into the common peoples lives and rule how we manage our private money, whether that is gambling , drinking , excessive buying or saving, then you need to stay out of how I do my own stocks . ETF etc are my right to pick and choose . Not your right to say who or what I
It is nearly impossible for retail investors to have any faith in financial institutions that both control and buy into the same market. How is PFOF still legal? HOW?! Pioneered by friend of the little guy BERNIE MADOFF. We are not asking for an advantage, we would just like a level playing field. What a concept. HELP US PLEASE.
I have been investing for over 20 years, mainly in common stocks but sometimes in so-called “complex products” like futures, options, leveraged and inverse ETPs, etc. I use them when I believe they are suitable tools for the market situation at that moment. I don’t mean that I always make right investment decisions but, as a retail investor, I find that it is very important for me to have the
The only way to have a trust worthy financial market is through transparency and having a better understanding of what short positions exist and the data involved with them only seems the logical answer. Currently it’s a portion of the market that seems shrouded in mystery. That doesn’t make me want to invest; if anything it has made me shy away.
How about you just make this a simple thing... Instead of financial institutions SELF-REPORTING their short positions, why not actually have a regulatory body go directly into their books, so they can properly extrapolate the information. This way you can monitor things like married puts/calls that create synthetic shorts, and be on top of them on a daily basis.
Data transparency is the hallmark of reliability, responsibility, and accountability. As such, all information about short sale positions, short interest, etc. should be publicly and freely available in real time immediately. Failing that, as soon as possible - which, given the electronic nature of these transactions, ought to be virtually immediately. Anything less increases corruption,
