The United States has always been the land of opportunity; "if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere." I strongly believe that America offers a very unique circumstance for the common man to lift himself up by his bootstraps and become the king of his domain and obtain the kind of wealth that can set a man for life and even change his family tree. Institutions are created by
I not regulators should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family.
Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged.
I currently invest in the following:
Target Date Funds
Non-Traditional Index Funds (Smart Beta + ESG)
Emerging Market Funds
High Yield Bond Funds
Closed-end Funds
Commodity Funds
Cryptocurrency
Dear Regulator,
I have been a retail investor for years and found that Leveraged ETFs are not as risky as many have been led to believe. I have been able to post gains whether the market is up or down using very basic strategies. Taking away my right to choose what I invest in (especially ETFs)and making me run a gauntlet that I may not successfully navigate makes no sense. There are many other
I am a financial professional. I used to work for market dealer and I was not allowed to trade options. Leveraged ETFs gave me the opportunity to get some leverage and get a piece of the returns reserved only for big players like Hedge funds and Investment banks. I started trading options after I left the broker dealer. I was fully educated and knowledgeable of how to manage risk. Good market
Rather than limiting access to these products, perhaps increase education on them. Leveraged products are not discussed in any academic curriculum on neither a high school level nor university level. Word of mouth is the most common way for people to discover leveraged products. When I was first entering the markets at the ripe age of 15, one of the first investments I was told about was DWTI -
Im strongly against restrictions on my right to invest in public investments. Ive invested an appropriate portion of my portfolio in leveraged and inverse funds to enhance my returns and to hedge, when necessary, for decades and its worked well for me. Ive known the potential risks and rewards from day one from any and all investments I invest in. I enjoy reading prospectus and thats what theyre
FINRA’s Board of Governors met on December 14 and 15, and it approved FINRA’s 2023 budget and two rule proposals, and appointed new members to the National Adjudicatory Council and the Small Firm Advisory Committee.
Memo to SEC/FINRA regarding the purchase of leveraged investments Proposed Rule #S7-24-15 I appreciate the opportunity to comment on this proposed new rule/regulation. I have held ProShares in one of my portfolios since early 2016. Symbol USD. This investment is up 742.06% and has split once 3:1 which tripled my shares. It has performed well in up and down markets. It has enhanced my returns in
Inverse and leveraged securities are critical to an investor's ability to hedge portfolios and/or have an opportunity to make money in down or volatile markets, such as the one we are in right now. Without these ETFs, the only options we have for hedging are buying puts or short selling, which is infinitely more dangerous to the retail trader than owning an inverse/leveraged fund. By taking
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